Assemblage
In each issue's 'assemblage' section, we compose a blend of shorter snippets relating to the theme.
When Wine takes on a body
The Bodies behind the Body
Soul Food
In Search of Lost Calories
Micro-Cosmic: The Hidden Universe Beneath Our Feet
Digging deep to meet our vineyard’s smallest and most powerful allies.
Roots Manoeuvre
Roots around roots
A herbarium (and arboretum) of our vine’s most important subterranean neighbours.
Firelight: the art of cooking by asado
RECIPES
A closer look at the aromas of Latin America reveals inspiring new ways of cooking over open flame.
Don’t spit out the seeds
How winemakers use their teeth to pick the perfect day to harvest.
Every year as harvest nears, the teams at Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite taste the berries, chew the skins and crack the seeds between their molars. Discover how berry tasting, one of the last purely sensory skills in the hyper-analytical world of wine, influences the harvest.
Ears wide open
Ever taken a ‘blind test’ with sound?
Eyes closed, ears wide open: take an aural journey across our estates.
Origin Stories
A short route through some etymological roots
We’ve been digging for root words – words that give origin to others. Root covers a lot of ground, offering meanings whose tendrils we’ve attempted to follow.
Hard Graft
A THRILLERISH TALE OF CLONES, SCIONS, CHIMERAS AND OMEGA CUTS.
Vine grafting is the close-to-magical technique of fusing a new vine cutting to an old vinestock to create a genetically-compound new plant.