Loire Valley Wine Holds Court There are 10 main wine producing regions in France. The most famous of course are Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. Loire Valley wine might not be as well known but the heart of France is holding its own. The Loire Valley is the most massive and most diverse wine producing region

Bordeaux 2013: Seasons of Change By now you have heard the headlines as 2013 brought a year of wacky weather to Bordeaux: a cold front in the spring, hailstorms in the summer, and rain and rot that rocked the 2013 harvest. But you probably haven’t heard what was happening on the front lines of the

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 to travel to the world’s most well known wine region.

The Real Bordeaux Whether you fancy yourself a French wine expert, or just a wine enthusiast looking to soak up all that these famous wines have to offer, we are getting to the bottom of Bordeaux wines and, uncovering a few facts, you certainly Don’t Know About Bordeaux. For starters, the main grape variety in

Do you want to lose weight and worry all of those liquid calories you are consuming are making you fat? If the wine diet is your way of life then listen up! How many calories are in a glass of wine? That might be the first question that comes to mind for wine enthusiasts who

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 stays true to its tradition of distinction and quality. While