As we’re putting the finishing touches on this year’s events calendar, we look back at the landmark Ch. Belle-Brise dinner we held at SingleThread and the extraordinary dinners and tastings hosted by our sister company, FINE+RARE, last year – with highlights including verticals of Roumier, Le Pin, Ausone and more
Ch. Belle-Brise: discovering the walled garden of Pomerol
After months of planning, it was incredible to launch our US experiences program in November 2023 – and what an evening it was as an intimate group of guests gathered at three-Michelin-star SingleThread in Healdsburg (Sonoma County), to celebrate Vinfolio favorite, Ch. Belle-Brise.
Over the course of the evening, the small group were fortunate enough to taste a 23-vintage flight of Belle-Brise dating all the way back to the first commercial release in 1993. All those in attendance were gifted the rare opportunity to unravel the golden thread that connects each vintage from this special Pomerol estate. As Scott Turnbull MS – Vinfolio Director of Private Clients – explains in his Editorial piece about the night, elegance and finesse were the common themes at one of the largest Ch. Belle-Brise retrospective tastings ever held.
Host for the evening, Turnbull, shared stories from the estate’s short but mighty history, including the château’s ability to overcome adversity in its first few commercially released vintages to produce what is, for many, a desert-island wine. Special thanks to the supremely talented SingleThread team for preparing an exquisite kaiseki-influenced Japanese menu that gave the little-known, yet much-loved
