Oplato Paris, a great wine bar for aperitifs and Auvergne delights
Oplato is “un classique de l’apéro” a must for lovers of aperitifs, conviviality and plated delights from Auvergne in Rue de Charonne, Paris
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1982 Mouton Rothschild reveals the DNA of a legendary 1st Growth. It needs to be tasted to be believed
The Château Mouton Rothschild 1982 is a stunning, gorgeous wine. It is elegant, refined and lively, even in this mature stage. When Bordeaux is on this level, there is hardly anything like it.
Cave Puisserguier decoded The Tricky Personality Of Marsanne in Le Pinada 2018
Puisserguier is surrounded by “Garrigues”. This “je ne sais quoi” gives Marsanne its gentle, fruity expression in Le Pinada 2018
Yann Chave expresses the terroir of Crozes-Hermitage so well with Le Rouvre 2014
Yann Chave’s Crozes-Hermitage Le Rouvre 2014 is born under a lucky star. Or rather, on an excellent terroir with 50-year-old Syrah vines. Le Rouvre 2014 expresses Crozes-Hermitage so well that it becomes its ambassador.
A taste of domaine Biguet’s Mousseux Brut, Saint-Péray is bubbling and buzzing again
A wine once enjoyed by Queen Victoria slipped under the wine radar until 20 years ago. Now one can easily say that Saint-Péray is bubbling and buzzing again.
White Hermitage is not afraid of butter, nor garlic, and is utterly intoxicating with truffle
A white Hermitage wine from the Northern Rhône can develop in the cellar for over two decades. In all stages of maturity it pairs gloriously well with food.
The tempremental queen of Condrieu, or Viognier in the Northern Rhône
The grape Viognier comes into its own in Condrieu. Condrieu is a tiny, white wine area in the North Rhône Valley, south of Lyon. Viognier produces there a wine in a category all of its own.