I confess to buying some 2010 Pontet Canet, mainly because it was the best wine I tasted in April (including all the 1st Growths) and I am a bit of an eco-freak. I would love for all of Bordeaux to follow the example of Pontet Canet and Guiraud in Sauternes and tread the organic/bio-dynamic route. I...

SauternesSteve: Regarding Sauternes/Barsac, I'm afraid we are going to have to consider each application for exemption on a case-by-case basis. Without question, there will be innocents who will be harmed in this revolution. We will attempt to minimize that harm through the Benevolent Dictator Exem...

I am going to ask for a big exemption to the boycott - Sauternes and Barsac. Since 2000 the Sauternais have generally not played this game and prices are up to 5 times lower than they would be if they had/could have joined in. True a few properties are connected to red wines through ownership and ha...

When tasting the 2009's at Ch de Fargues earlier this year Compte Alexandre de Lur Saluces said that in his opinion the essential character of good Sauternes changes every ten years or so. It shouldn't be long before the secondary flavours of the 2001's begin to come through (e.g. dried as opposed t...