Category: Bordeaux Wine

Eat, drink and sleep: Bordeaux (part one)

With the flights booked, bags packed and fluoride at the ready, our team is prepped for a week tasting Bordeaux 2015 en primeur. Over the next couple of weeks, Philip Moulin will be offering tips and tricks on preparing your own trip to the area – from the best picnic spot to the perfect place […]

Liquid lessons: the UK’s bond with Bordeaux

In the run up to Bordeaux en primeur, Henry Jeffreys traces the history of Britain’s ties to Bordeaux, a battle-worn bond built on Claret. For a certain kind of wine lover, usually British, Claret is red wine. At the moment though, the wines of Bordeaux are decidedly unfashionable. Bordeaux bashing is a popular sport amongst […]

Bordeaux: the Left Bank explained

In an extract from our Wine School’s introductory book, Exploring & Tasting Wine, we explain why Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes on Bordeaux’s Left Bank, producing some of the world’s finest and most long-lived wines. Cabernet Sauvignon rose to international wine stardom thanks to an almost perfect CV. Its referees include the Bordeaux châteaux everyone on the […]

Dear Bordeaux

Enraged by a band of Bordeaux-bashers, Guy Davies declares his love for the most famous and historic of wine regions, one that he believes offers surprising value and ultimate satisfaction. People are often surprised when I tell them that Bordeaux is one of the best-value wine regions on earth. This flies in the face of a […]