This time last year we were wondering -- with equal parts anxiety and hope — what 2021 might bring. So, now that we’re down to the last few days of the calendar, we can finally Read More ⟶

Kick off the holiday season with a few bottles (or cases!) from this exceptional list of wine -- featuring rare Burgundies, Bordeaux verticals, and great-drinking Italians. Linked products can be ordered directly online. Write mthibaultwine@gmail.com Read More ⟶

Mark McWilliams was a little anxious when we caught up to him in Austin recently. “It’s the first time ever I've missed harvest," he confessed with a pained expression. "With all the travel restrictions, it's Read More ⟶

Do Bordeaux classifications really matter? That persistently thorny question came into red-hot focus recently, when the two original Saint-Émilion Grands Crus Classés “A”, Cheval Blanc and Ausone, announced they were not submitting applications for the Read More ⟶

Lady Luck has smiled on Burgundy recently, with moderate weather and abundant harvests for four vintages in a row. Sadly, that streak ended this spring, when all of France experienced one of the worst cold Read More ⟶

Legendary winemaker Jean-Bernard Delmas, manager of Château Haut-Brion for over 40 years, once described the much-acclaimed 1982 vintage as his "armchair summer."  Put another way (and invoking the oft-used cliché) "Some years anyone (almost) can make Read More ⟶