Jane Anson's articles
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Chateau Prieuré-Lichine
4th Cru Classe, 1855
![From Haut Bailly to Cérons; lessons from the Grands Crus…](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-jane-anson-chateau-de-cerons-slider.jpg)
From Haut Bailly to Cérons; lessons from the Grands Crus…
[Jane Anson] It’s not hard to see why Caroline Perromat couldn’t walk away from her husband Xavier’s family estate when succession issues forced its sale in 2012.
![Chateau Pouget](/assets/images/article/full/remote_estates-chateau-pouget.jpg)
Chateau Pouget
4th Cru Classe, 1855
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French government wines
[Jane Anson] The real interest was the glimpse these auctions afforded into the wine habits of the elite club that runs the country.
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Chateau Branaire-Ducru
4th Cru Classe, 1855
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Chinese buyer takes top lot in French prime minister's cellar auction
A 27-year-old Chinese buyer took the top lot in an auction of the French prime minister's wine cellar that raised more than EUR170,000.
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Reading between the lines
[Jane Anson] However positive these figures are, almost everyone expects a vertiginous drop in 2014.
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Chateau Marquis de Terme
4th Cru Classe, 1855
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EU wine producers in limbo as China probe continues
Bordeaux's wine council hopes the French prime minister's visit to China this week can help ease tension over an ongoing anti-dumping investigation into European wine shipments, but a quick resolution looks unlikely.
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Persecution or protection?
[Jane Anson] What does it mean to the organic vineyards in France if a subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture is going around prosecuting organic winemakers for not applying insecticide to their vines?