December Newsletter
December 15th 2009, by Gavin
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Top Bordeaux: Investment of the Decade
December 10th 2009, by Gavin
Here’s a sobering thought at this time of year, especially if you’ve been drinking your stock of old Lafite. A report in the Guardian, entitled ‘How alternative investments have fared since 2000′, showed that the top wines from Bordeaux have been the best investment since 2000, ‘earning returns that far outstripped equities, gold and property.’
In short, the ‘Big Eight’ - Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Mouton, and Haut-Brion (the five First Growths from the Left Bank) along with Pétrus from Pomerol, and Cheval Blanc and Ausone from St-Emilion (all Right Bank), have all proved to be solid performers.
Champagne Going Cheap
December 8th 2009, by Gavin
It’s the silly season as UK supermarkets do battle over Champagne prices this Christmas. The marketing directors of many of the Grandes Marques must be hopping mad, as Morrisons have been selling Moët at just over £14 and Bollinger at £17.95. It’s 43 euros in our local caviste near Bordeaux (right).
Several wine and money-saving sites have been keeping tabs on the best deals. Decanter’s website covers both the UK supermarkets and the High Street, while moneysavingexpert.com can be relied upon to chisel out the savings in times like this.
The independents have been less than impressed with some of the more spurious claims of 50% off, and they’re right to expose any deliberate attempts to con the consumer. Or should we just grit our teeth and rise above it?
Big X from Rick, Oz, Hugh and Gordon
December 5th 2009, by Gavin
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Rick Stein Signed Book for Christmas
December 3rd 2009, by Gavin
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Oz Clarke Signed Wine Books
December 2nd 2009, by Gavin
We had a fabulous response to this ‘thank you’ email and offer on 25 November. (If you’d like to be sent offers like this, simply type in your first name and email address at the top of this website to go on the list.) Oz Clarke will be signing the books on Thursday 10th - see our Gift Ideas on bauduc.com to buy this or any other signed book now on offer. All books will be sent by courier from our UK office to arrive week ending Friday 18th December. If you have any questions, email gavin @ bauduc.com (remove the spaces in the address).
November Newsletter
November 20th 2009, by Gavin
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Free tickets to a great Christmas Concert
November 18th 2009, by Gavin
We donate wine to The Children’s Trust for the reception following their famous Christmas concert in London each year. The charity has always kindly offered us some free tickets in return (as well as a full page slot in the programme), and as we can’t make the trip from Bordeaux, why not give them to customers?
The Children’s Trust Christmas Carol Concert will be held on 1st December in the magnificent Hall of St.John’s, Smith Square in Westminster. It should be a fine start to the Christmas season. More details of the concert here.
St.John’s, Smith Square is a few minutes walk from Westminster tube. The concert will start at 7.30pm and the post-concert party will run from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Tickets are on sale at £50 each from The Children’s Trust website, but we have 4 pairs to give away now in a free prize draw.
The Future of Wine - The Videos
November 15th 2009, by Gavin
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the Wine Future conference in Rioja last week, as I had already signed up to host a corporate event in, er, Coventry. The good news, however, is that nobody took a video of me talking to lawyers and bankers about moving from a career in London to running a vineyard in Bordeaux, or of me hosting the wine tasting, but they did film some key speakers at the Wine Future conference.
2009 Harvest Newsletter
October 17th 2009, by Gavin
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