Reuters reports a man has rammed an armored vehicle into a shop and steals wine. "The man had swiped the vehicle from a privately-run motorsport training ground nearby, driven it through a forest and into Apatity, a small town just south of the Arctic circle, local news agency Hibinform said."
Punch goes inside the cellar at New Orleans Bacchanal. "But what solidified the legacy of Bacchanal was its role New Orleans’ recovery post-Hurricane Katrina. Rudge and his bar soothed the Crescent City with wine, music, food and a dinner series featuring a rotating string of guest chefs, including those who’d lost their restaurants in the storm."
Decanter on the women who shaped Bordeaux. "Not just the highest profile figures like Baroness Philippine de Rothschild (Mouton), Corinne Mentzelopoulos (Ch. Margaux), May-Eliane de Lencquesaing (Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande), Florence Cathiard (Smith Haut Lafitte), all formidable women in charge of major estates who have influenced the course of Bordeaux in the 20th and 21stcenturies, but also some of the lesser-known names along the way."
