With their purchase of Château Grand Pontet, Domaines Clarence Dillon are creating one of the largest estates in Bordeaux’s right bank – and raising fresh questions about the value of the St Emlion classification.
The world’s largest wine fair, ProWein in Düsseldorf, will open its doors again on 27 to 29 March, for the first time since 2019 – with a new floorplan and three additional halls.
The print edition of the Guide Hachette has half as many readers as it had in the past. Today, it has turned to online influencers to help it compete with online peer review platforms like Vivino
Bordeaux Jacky Lorenzetti, the chairman of the Terreis real estate company and majority owner of the Racing Metro 92 rugby club, and leading Bordeaux winemaker Emmanuel Cruse have bought Château Lafon Rochet in St Estephe from Michel Tesseron and his sister Caroline Poniatowski.