Jane Anson's articles
Boissenot’s Medoc
[Jane Anson] Eric Boissenot's reticence to push himself forward is almost as legendary as his winemaking skills, but there is one subject in which, if you can get him to talk about it, he is utterly fluent; the Médoc.
Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste
5th Cru Classe, 1855
La Californienne
[Jane Anson] ‘Right now, selling Opus One is easier than selling all the First Growths put together,’ one merchant told me. ‘It’s like En Primeur used to be, with demand outstripping supply.’
Château Pontet-Canet
Château Pontet-Canet, a 5th Cru Classé winery in the Bordeaux 1855 Classification, is in the Pauillac appellation.
Chateau de La Riviere owner keen to 'move forward'
The Chinese firm now in control of Bordeaux’s tragedy-hit Chateau de La Riviere is moving forward with development plans, to include tea tasting and a spa at the estate, after an 'enormously difficult' few weeks.
New faces
[Jane Anson] As a part of a rising tide of new entrants to Bordeaux, Réné-Philippe Duboscq has just returned to Bordeaux and moved into careers in wine.
Chateau Lynch-Bages
5th Cru Classe, 1855
Return to sender
[Jane Anson] Why is so much wine that originally being sold and shipped is coming back in to France?
Château Lafon-Rochet
Château Lafon-Rochet is a 4th Cru Classé winery in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.
Raising Clinet
[Jane Anson] In the past decade, Ronan Laborde has taken Chateau Clinet from being one of Pomerol’s slumbering chateaux to one of its most exciting.