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...Crushed, she leaves France for Lisbon, where she grew up, and en route meets a bumptious ex-schoolmate, the presentable but motormouthed Jean (Laurent Lafitte, cheerfully going all out with affable buffoonishness...
...Les Sources de Caudalie, the spa-hotel located in the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, is a favourite destination spa among those who know the value of vinotherapy (and a Euro); that the spa – where...
...“No lover of wine has ever felt the same delight in some Grand-Lafitte or Chambertin as I have in a glass of cool spring water.”...
...Teitgen is even thinking of changing the way Smith Haut Lafitte’s vines are trained to the heatwave-hardy cross shape common in Napa....
...Some of the cocktails are pretty bold — take the Punch Lafitte, a potent mix of sugarcane-juice rum, white rum, absinthe, brandy, gunpowder (a type of green) tea, coconut milk and lime — but there are gins...
...Before I begin feeling altogether too sober I ready the drinks, namely the bottles of 1878 Lafitte bordeaux bought for $400,000 by billionaire Bill Koch on the understanding they once belonged to Thomas...
...I think I would say an oaked Sauvignon Blanc such as Dog Point Section 94 from Marlborough, or a Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc from Pessac-Léognan. 120....
...At organic pioneer Ch Smith Haut-Lafitte in Pessac-Léognan, they bought a special, third sorter whose job was to detect mildewed grapes by measuring their density. Downy mildew is the bane of Bordeaux....
...We apologise to Christopher Forbes, vice chairman of the media company Forbes, for referring to him as the late Christopher Forbes in a reference in an article on June 26 to his purchase in 1985 of a Ch Lafitte...
...Notable pioneers have been Chx Ausone, Durfort‑Vivens, Gruaud-Larose, Guiraud, Latour, Montrose, Palmer, Pontet-Canet and Smith Haut Lafitte, but countless others are following in their wake....
...Born of a chance meeting between Mathilde Thomas, daughter of the owners of Bordeaux’s Château Smith Haut Lafitte, and Joseph Vercauteren, laboratory director of the Pharmacy University of Bordeaux, the...
...St-Émilion Figeac (£1,910), Cheval Blanc (£8,200) Pomerol Le Gay (£1,100), Vieux Château Certan (£2,700), Le Pin (£36,000), Pétrus (£35,500) Pessac-Léognan Malartic-Lagravière (£500), Smith Haut Lafitte...
...I am not so idealistic as to imagine that Bordeaux’ smartest châteaux are going to start shipping their wines around in tankers (although Chx Smith Haut Lafitte and Montrose, unlike most wine producers,...
...In general, the initially overpriced 2017s definitely seemed the weakest of these four vintages for the red wines, though the dry white Smith Haut Lafitte 2017 was a treat — and notably fresher than its...
...Anne Kessler also brings the right amount of arrogance and hysteria to Madame Pinglet, while Laurent Lafitte expertly plays to the crowd as hotel manager and singing trickster Bastien in this fine piece...
...Smith Haut-Lafitte was its usual reliable self, while Haut Bailly was just the right side of overripe....
...• Beauséjour-Duffau, St-Emilion • Lynch Bages, Pauillac • Clos Fourtet, St-Emilion • Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan • Beychevelle, St-Julien • Calon-Ségur, St-Estèphe • Duhart-Milon, Pauillac...
...As usual, Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc was very impressive but the tasting group’s favourite dry white was the delightful (and relatively moderately priced) Château Bouscaut....
...Domaine de Chevalier and Ch Smith Haut-Lafitte routinely produce some of my favourite dry white bordeaux, and Ch Pape Clément Blanc can also be extremely seductive for its first few years....
...“My parents, Daniel and Florence Cathiard, own Château Smith Haut Lafitte winery and vineyards in Bordeaux....
...● St-Emilion: Angélus, Cheval Blanc ● Pomerol: Clinet, Clos l’Eglise, La Conseillante, Petrus, Le Pin ● Pessac-Léognan: Haut-Brion, Malartic-Lagravière, Smith Haut-Lafitte ● Margaux: Margaux ● St-Julien...
...The 2012 Smith-Haut-Lafitte, for example, was graceful, shapely and complex, hinting at both lanolin and honey as well as having a sea-spray freshness; without knowing its identity, I felt sure this wine...
...Bordeaux ● Vieux Château Certan £225 ● Chx Haut Bailly, Léoville Poyferré, £103 ● Ch Smith Haut Lafitte £91 ● Ch St Pierre £65 ● Ch Phelan Ségur £33 ● Ch Sociando Mallet £28 Barolo (as tasted so far...
...Arriving back at the marina in Lafitte after a day fishing for speckled trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico, James Wilson has a grim prognosis for the Louisiana coastline....
...So far, Privateer has bought three companies: Leafly, an online ratings site for dispensaries and marijuana strains; Lafitte Ventures, a Canadian operation growing medical marijuana; and Arbormain, which...
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