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Event Horizon: Bordeaux 2024 PrimeurBY NEAL MARTIN | MAY 1, 2025Left Bank: Saint-Estèphe | Pauillac | Saint-Julien | Margaux | Moulis & Listrac | Pessac-Léognan & Graves | Left Bank Satellites | Sauternes (Sweet and Dry)Right Bank: Pomerol | Saint-Émilion | Right Bank SatellitesThechâteau manager sits at the head of the marble table, his forlorn expression sopermanent that he no longer has facial muscles to smile. “Ladiesand gentlemen. It’s serious,” he announces.

Jan 3, 2025 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

Maison François34 DukeStreetSt James'sLondon, UK SW1Y 6DFBY NEAL MARTIN | JANUARY 3, 2025 The Food:Maison Terrine and GougèresPoulet Rôti Entier with Salad Leaves and Pommes FrîtesTarte au CitronThe Wine:2016 Rauzan-Ségla Ségla     91Punishmentof some kind is deserved because I failed to write about Maison François untilnow. Why? Well,it belongs to a cadre of London restaurants that treats wine lovers withrespect, and naturally, those should be prioritized in this parish.

Oct 18, 2024 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

Cornus 27c Eccleston Pl London SW1W 9NF BY NEAL MARTIN | OCTOBER 18, 2024 The Food: Sea bass tartar, oyster cream, green apple and shiso Hand-picked Devon crab, Hass avocado sorbet with wasabi and finger lime Cornish bluefin tuna, late summer tomatoes, blood peach, smoked almond pesto and basil Roast Newlyn cod, persillade of Scottish girolles, line-caught squid, crisp potatoes and Alsace bacon Surrey Hills fallow deer, red cabbage and beetroot with red shiso Chocolate barquette, Mekonga 70%,...

Feb 12, 2024 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

1982 PolRoger Brut Cuvée Sir Winston ChurchillBY NEAL MARTIN | FEBRUARY 12, 2024Ourgreatest Prime Minister, after Liz Truss, had impeccable taste in Champagne. Though I must drink far less bubbly than Sir Winston Churchill (probably like most people), I have always enjoyed the cuvée created in his honor. As thestory goes, the PM met Odette Pol Roger in 1944 at the British Embassy in Paris,and their families struck up a close friendship.