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In 2021, a mysterious couple sat down for dinner at the Michelin-starred Atrio in rural western Spain. When they left, 45 bottles of wine – including a priceless 1806 vintage – had vanished. Who were these thieves with such impeccable taste?

Since 2020, Inside Bordeaux by accomplished wine expert Jane Anson has published 'The September Releases' international wine-tasting report which scores the many wines presented at the La ...

Rankings in 2012 were subject of lengthy legal proceedings, and several top châteaux have pulled out this year

BBC News By Toby Luckhurst image copyrightChristies Images Ltd. 2021 image captionChristies estimates a sale price of $1m (£720,000) for the wine and a normal bottle for comparison A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale. The bottle of Pétrus 2000 - made from merlot grapes in the Bordeaux region - spent 14 months in orbit as part of a privately funded research study on food and agriculture. On Tuesday Christies announced the wine is now av...

Wine matured in space put up for sale A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale. The bottle of Pétrus 2000 - made from Merlot grapes in the Bordeaux region - spent 14 months in orbit as part of a privately-funded research study on food and agriculture. On Tuesday Christies announced the wine is now available through its private sales. The auction house estimates a sale price of $1m (£720,000). Tim Triptree, a Master of Wine who works at Chr...

Decanter The best in contemporary food and drink writing recognised The winners of the 2020 André Simon Awards were announced on Wednesday 3 March, in a Zoom ceremony attended by an international audience. The winner of the Drink Award was Intoxicating: Ten Drinks that Shaped Australia, a personal journey through Australia’s colourful and complex drinking history, by Max Allen. ‘What made Intoxicating the outstanding work in the group was Max Allen’s achievement in weaving the mi...

Ahead of this year’s André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards,  db is running extracts of all of the shortlisted drinks titles. The final work is Inside Bordeaux: the châteaux, their wines and the terroir by Jane Anson. Is it possible to write something new on a region that has been so widely covered, studied, dissected, discarded, rediscovered, fought over, loved, despised… rinse-and-repeat? I hope that even a brief dip into Inside Bordeaux will answer that question, a...

André Simon Awards food and drink book shortlist announced 18 February 2021 By Phoebe French The André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards has announced this year’s shortlist in the 50th anniversary year of French writer André Simon’s death. Guided by independent assessors Lisa Markwell, the food editor of The Sunday Times, and restaurateur John Hoskins MW, the panel have whittled down their initial 22-strong longlist to a final 11 food and drink book nominees. T...

André Simon Award announces drinks books longlist 21st December, 2020 by Rupert Millar The André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards has announced its first longlist – featuring books on wine from Bordeaux, Georgia, Australia and even another galaxy. The seven longlisted drinks books have been selected from a total of 170 that were submitted for both the food and wine categories. It is the first ti...