Bordeaux Wine: On the Front lines of the Grapevines Last year, over three million tourists traveled to France with more than 700,000 of them making a grape escape to the Bordeaux wine region. Most people will live their entire life and never get a chance […]
The Best of Bordeaux Wine for Under $50 Bucks Many people think of Bordeaux wine as out of reach. At a recent wine tasting of the Merlot driven red wine appellation of Saint-Émilion, I learned the wines from the Bordeaux’s Right Bank are elegant, balanced, […]
Tasting the Magnificent Wines of Margaux Ask anyone and they will tell you the wines from the Bordeaux region in France are some of the best, if not THE best, wines in the world. With such a rich reputation you might be wondering how you […]
Russell Crowe Narrates Wine Documentary “Red Obsession,” a new wine documentary produced by Warwick Ross and David Roach, and narrated by Russell Crowe, brings the wine world’s biggest names to the big screen and explores the growing Chinese obsession with Bordeaux wines. I had the opportunity to screen the 75 […]
With over 100 Bordeaux wines to taste I was like a kid in a candy store or better yet a Wine Oh at a 2010 Bordeaux wine tasting last month when Bordeaux’s most renowned estates showcased their 2010 vintage at the Union des Grands Crus […]
What Makes the Golden Wines of Bordeaux So Sweet? Long before Château Coutet was classified as a First Growth in 1855, Thomas Jefferson, proclaimed Château Coutet as the best Sauternes from Barsac way back in 1787. Today, as the oldest and largest Barsac estate, Château Coutet […]
