Staying at the top of the Bordeaux tree involves a lot of effort, and many an airmile. Shorter versions of these two articles ...

Eric de Rothschild loved visiting his family's Bordeaux estate with friends when he was in his twenties. They had fun and they drank a lot of wine—not bad, when the winery is first-growth Château ...

It would take years of effort—his own cousins at Lafite Rothschild would be the last to relent—but in 1973, Mouton was a second no more. Always looking forward, in 1979 Philippe announced a ...