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DRC Lafite Languedoc! [China]
Simon Staples, aka @BigSiTheWineGuy who is sales director and Bordeaux buyer for Berry, Bros & Rudd, tweeted this photo. Notice anything amiss? Here were his comments: Romanee Conti and Lafite together? In a “Vin Rouge Sec”? From the Languedoc? Here it is!…..Gotta be a 100 pointer!! He added in response to a commenter that he [...]
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Bordeaux prices, then and now
Was Bordeaux more affordable in times gone by? With the help of a 1909 price list from Berry Bros & Rudd and the website www.measuringworth.com, I thought I’d find out. Here’s the 1909 BBR Bordeaux list, with prices in shillings per... Read Post
Berry Bros & Rudd - a plug for their blog
One of the other wine blogs I enjoy a great deal is that of wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd (bbrblog.com). It has some informed commentators - including Jasper Morris, Simon Staples and David Berry Green - and, as the latest entry i... Read Post
How much does that bottle of wine cost to make? Where $13 becomes $500
Simon Staples of Berry Bros & Rudd, a patrician wine shop in London, has an estimate in today’s NYT on the actual cost to make a bottle of Lafite, which sells for about $500 retail. To the tape: Mr. Staples pointed to the example of... Read Post