Jane Anson

Chateau Montrose

2nd Cru Classe, 1855

The balcony winemakers of Paris

[Jane Anson] It would be easy to miss the Chasselas vines growing outside the Maison du Balzac museum in the affluent 16th arrondissement of Paris, or those clinging to a pergola in Place Catherine-Labouré on Rue de Babylon on the Left Bank. Most people w

Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, a 2nd Cru Classé winery in the Bordeaux 1855 Classification, is in the Pauillac appellation.

Chateau Pédesclaux

5th Cru Classe, 1855

Michael Egan: ex-Sotheby’s man and a ‘gun for hire’ in the battle against wine fraud

[Jane Anson] ‘First jury duty I have been upset to be turned down for,’ said one tweet from a New York wine merchant in late March 2013, as the eight-strong jury was selected for Koch vs Greenberg.

Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

2nd Cru Classe, 1855

Hang out, make wine, get access

[Jane Anson] Make your own Bordeaux wine--An evening at one of Viniv's client MashUp weekends just might be the most unusual networking group in the world, and almost certainly one of the most fun. You could be seated next to Lee Soo Man, record producer

Chateau Rauzan-Ségla

2nd Cru Classe, 1855

Inglenook, and a Bordelais in Napa

[Jane Anson] Almost two years in to heading up Francis Ford Coppola’s Inglenook winery, Philippe Bascaules – who moved to Napa for harvest 2011 after 20 years at Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux – tells me that he has very little time to make friends locally,

‘Off circuit’ en primeur

[Jane Anson] There are, reportedly, almost 6,000 extra bodies in Bordeaux this week, from 53 different countries, all armed with a pen, pencil, ipad or laptop, all doing their bit to support the en primeur industry that is worth several billion euros annu