The words Grand Cru and Premier Cru (sometimes written as 1er cru) appear on lots of (usually very expensive) French wine labels. But what do these terms actually mean? As usual, it is a little ...

“He’s arrived, the Grand Cru Jew,” Fuerth says the sommelier enthused — and the nickname stuck. “It comes up in public,” Fuerth said of his moniker, with pride. “Especially in the ...

Do your wine cellar ambitions run to Grand Cru levels? Have they evolved beyond pleasure, all the way to investment? A source with direct connections to France’s best bottles, and the technology ...

That initial probe led to the arrest of a Russian national and two Italian winemakers, who were busted for faking Grand Cru wine domains — a designation for high-end vintages — and mislabeling ...