2025: a Five-Star Vintage
The grape harvest, that annual event, a story that is halfway human, halfway fruit.
Fermentations: The invisible revolution
An interview with philosopher Anne-Sophie Moreau.
Philosopher and journalist Anne-Sophie Moreau explores, in her latest book, Fermentations, the deeper reasons behind today’s passion for micro-organisms.
Grape glossary
ASSEMBLAGE - An A-Z of grape-related expressions and proverbs from across the world.
In our cellars, we blend grape varieties; in this article, we blend proverbs. From Japan to Italy, from Greece to Spain, the grape runs through languages and imaginations. Each line reveals a shard of culture, a flavorful metaphor, a way of naming this fruit that brings us together. Like a blend of voices from across the world.
Batman and other wild nights
Nocturnal scenes from our vineyards at Domaine d’Aussières, Château Paradis Casseuil and Viña Los Vascos.
Race Day: The Châteaux Triathlon
Unity – and fierce competition – between the Domaines
The French teams at Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite embody the family spirit – in blood, sweat and tears. We’ve brought you some snippets, from an extraordinary day at Lafite.
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.