PHILIPPE LARCHE

A wine-lover and a wine-merchant, sourcing and selling great Bordeaux wines...

[Le Monde @lemondefr]

US Open : Federer-Monfils, des étincelles dans la nuit new-yorkaise (par @hseckel) http://t.co/yeVdIxUPMJ

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There'll a tiny production, but no Primeurs release for Chateau de Fargues 2012...

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Had a beautiful vertical of the last 15 vintages of Haut-Bailly yesterday : very impressed by underground vintages like 02, 04, 06 etc...

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Confirmed : there'll be no Rieussec 2012... ;-)

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Next spot-to-be in the Bordeaux vineyard : the cellars at Chateau Margaux (designed by Norman Foster)...

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Another Japan-China-HKG trip is over and it's good to be back home ! :-)

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@hamishwm I don't understand why you did not take Raymond Domenech instead ??

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Bordeaux's under 5cm snow this morning ! Could be a vintage for ice-wines in Bordeaux ??

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@hamishwm Hail ?? Which hail ?? :-)

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we also tasted a top-wine of the world blind and had to find out ! Guess what ? I found it was a Sassicaia, but my table did not follow me !

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Cos 1985 (fabulous !), 1989, 2003, 2005 : one of these days when you're happy to be a negociant ! Mr Prats knows how to welcome people !?:-)

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Call me if you'd like to find any of those two wines !! 3000bt produced for S-A wine G, 180bt for Du Retout Blanc 2010 with rarest grapes !!

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http://t.co/t90eSyQJ

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My Most Interesting White Wine of the Year by James Molesworth Wine Spectator: http://t.co/9mL9R38d

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Tokyo today, Beijing Friday, Shanghaï Sat., HKG Sun & Mon, Guangzhou Tuesday : gonna be fun !

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http://t.co/M4pIRDey via @decanter

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@hamishwm Thanks, man, I'll try to improve my tweet... ;-)

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My first tweet opens a looong week-end in France and a short break in that exhausting (but exciting) Bordeaux Primeurs campaign !!