by Tim Atkin

Why Bordeaux en primeur isn’t working

Setting the price of en primeur Bordeaux has always been something of a poker game, but Château Pontet-Canet’s decision to release its 2013 at €60 ex-négociant, before almost anyone had tasted it, has upped the stakes in this most difficult of campaigns. Was this a card sharp’s masterstroke by Alfred Tesseron and his niece, Melanie, […]