Published 24 June 2013
In May, I went on a 48-hour trip to Bordeaux. It’s a fantastic city (see my recent post) and I’d definitely recommend a visit. But I wanted to know about the real Bordeaux from an insider’s perspective. Is the city really as good as I experienced? What is the truth about the wine industry? Fortunately, I was in Bordeaux [...]
Posts in category Bordeaux
A wine consultant’s view of Bordeaux
Published 24 June 2013
In May, I went on a 48-hour trip to Bordeaux. It’s a fantastic city (see my recent post) and I’d definitely recommend a visit. But I wanted to know about the real Bordeaux from an insider’s perspective. Is the city really as good as I experienced? What is the truth about the wine industry? Fortunately, I was in Bordeaux [...]
My Bordeaux
Published 4 June 2013
I have a confession: until last month, I’d never been to Bordeaux. Sure, I’ve drunk lots of their wines, but I always thought of Bordeaux as big, imposing, inaccessible chateaux whose wines I couldn’t afford.
Happily, I can report that Bordeaux city is not like that. It has recently gone through a period of regeneration [...]
Cru Bourgeois goes techno
Published 21 January 2013
When thinking of Bordeaux chateaux, you probably imagine pretty towered buildings and men in bow ties; I doubt that adding codes to bottles so that consumers are taken to a bespoke site with information on the vineyard (details of varieties grown, planting density, yield, etc), history of the chateau, food pairing su [...]