Jane Anson's articles
Chateau Prieuré-Lichine
4th Cru Classe, 1855
From Haut Bailly to Cérons; lessons from the Grands Crus…
[Jane Anson] It’s not hard to see why Caroline Perromat couldn’t walk away from her husband Xavier’s family estate when succession issues forced its sale in 2012.
Chateau Pouget
4th Cru Classe, 1855
French government wines
[Jane Anson] The real interest was the glimpse these auctions afforded into the wine habits of the elite club that runs the country.
Chateau Branaire-Ducru
4th Cru Classe, 1855
Chinese buyer takes top lot in French prime minister's cellar auction
A 27-year-old Chinese buyer took the top lot in an auction of the French prime minister's wine cellar that raised more than EUR170,000.
Reading between the lines
[Jane Anson] However positive these figures are, almost everyone expects a vertiginous drop in 2014.
Chateau Marquis de Terme
4th Cru Classe, 1855
EU wine producers in limbo as China probe continues
Bordeaux's wine council hopes the French prime minister's visit to China this week can help ease tension over an ongoing anti-dumping investigation into European wine shipments, but a quick resolution looks unlikely.
Persecution or protection?
[Jane Anson] What does it mean to the organic vineyards in France if a subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture is going around prosecuting organic winemakers for not applying insecticide to their vines?