With a suggested retail price of $99, the Anseillan label is intended to be more affordable at restaurants. Part of Lafite’s coveted status comes from its history: The Pauillac-based vineyard traces ...
The Anseillan vineyards surround the hamlet, which can be viewed from the windows of the Lafite Rothschild chateau, which is illustrated on the stripped-down two-tone label. The stone house, typical ...
Great red Bordeaux has a problem, an expensive problem. The trouble is, it's a slow developer, and can take decades to reach the point when it was ready to drink. This situation was fine back when the ...
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When does a bottle of the legendary 1870 Château Lafite Rothschild become a museum piece instead of a promising sip? It’s said that the great vintage took 50 years to unwind, mature, and evolve into ...
A Rothschild estate in Shandong Province has released its first vintage. It was 10 years in the making. By Amy Qin How a battle over the ranking of St. Émilion chateaus may change the way we value ...
The widespread presence of counterfeit Lafite wine in China has pressured its producer to launch a campaign to fight fake products in the country, after the price of Lafite wines tumbled last year.
A bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild sold in a Chinese restaurant for 50,000 yuan (US$7,862) recently could well have been fake wine made in China costing no more than 30 yuan. Chateau Lafite often ...
“Delighted to meet you,” says Eric, the Baron Rothschild, greeting me with a hearty handshake in the entryway of Château Lafite. It occurs to me almost immediately that it is a lapse of manners on my ...
A wine connoisseur was beaten up and robbed of more than $40,000 after going to collect a bottle of the world's most expensive red that he had agreed to buy on an internet site. Quy Duc Nguyen, 53, ...