A breathtaking wine list
We’ve travelled across our estates to curate a list of the finest vintages to uncork in 2024.
Decanting or recorking?
How to aerate a wine, with Frédéric Domingo
Breathe Deep: Rituals of a Cellar Master
In search of lost rituals. Once de rigueur, some winemaking techniques have given way to newer practices. Today, innovation is not without tradition.
Pleasure, Principled: rethinking the body of wine-writing
Interview with Sandrine Goeyvaerts, author of 'Manifesto for Inclusive Wine' (Nouriturfu, 2021)
Barrel-Chested
The journey of a Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite barrel, from tree to Tonnellerie
Épaulé-Jeté
The Bodies behind the Body
The weight-lifting phrase épaulé jeté, in English ‘clean and jerk’, or more literally in French, ‘shouldered-throw’, became immortalised in the oenological sense by the illustrator Michel Tolbert whose iconic posters for Catherine & Pierre Breton’s Bourgeiul and Chinon estate are now replicated in wine bars across the world.
The Glass is Always Greener
Wine bottles have become a recognisable uniform for what’s inside – region, grape variety, and more – but this wasn’t always the case. Château Lafite Rothschild’s Frederic Domingo takes us on a journey through the history of bottling.
Assemblage
A short cut through some scenic roots
Different notes from different folks, tugged from the earth of the same theme, where we hope each sip has a certain body…
Hard Graft
A THRILLERISH TALE OF CLONES, SCIONS, CHIMERAS AND OMEGA CUTS.
Vine grafting is the close-to-magical technique of fusing a new vine cutting to an old vinestock to create a genetically-compound new plant.