Photonics.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
French scientists are using high-energy ion beams from a particle accelerator to tell vintage Bordeaux wines from fakes. According to the
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Could there be anything more French than a fine Bordeaux wine? A Graves Rouge for example, made from cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes grown on vines planted on a south-facing slope on the left bank of the Garonne river. As it turns out, there could. Although the wine made at Chateau du Seuil is typical of the region, with its complex fruit flavours and nicely integrated oak and tannins, its makers...
Jean-Luc Thunevin's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
The Cap Ferret is the favorite place for holidays for Bordeaux wine industry. It is the opportunity to meet and develop personal relationships between colleagues in an informal and more relaxed environment, and could lead to professional ones when business resumes. I don’t have a holiday house there, but I have the opportunity and privilege to be invited. I always question where does the limit between...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Day 1 Bordeaux Aug. 19th 2008I arrived into Bordeaux via the night train at 820am. On the night train I only had a reclining seat and because I am a picky sleeper I was only able to get 34 hours of sleep. Before arriving in Bordeaux I checked out the tourist website for Bordeaux wine tours. Sidenote Bordeaux is on the southeast side of France near the coast is the largest wine producing r
Serious About Wine (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Oenophiles mark your calendars for October 23: wine mystic Robert Parker will host an exclusive tasting featuring Bordeaux wines from 2005, what Parker says is "the greatest vintage produced during my thirty year career." For $2,000 per person ($1,000 of which is a charitable donation toward Culinary Institute scholarships), tasters will sample 18 wines, [...]
Luxist (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Filed under: Wine Oenophiles mark your calendars for October 23: wine mystic Robert Parker will host an exclusive tasting featuring Bordeaux wines from 2005, what Parker says is "the greatest vintage produced during my thirty year career." For $2,000 per person ($1,000 of which is a charitable donation toward Culinary Institute scholarships), tasters will sample 18 wines, including all five of the...
The East Bay Business Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Robert Parker, the hugely influential wine writer and critic, will host an Oct. 23 Napa Valley seminar and wine tasting featuring the chance to sip premier 2005 vintage Bordeaux wines, which Parker has hailed as "the greatest vintage produced during my 30-year career."
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Robert Parker, the hugely influential wine writer and critic, will host an Oct. 23 Napa Valley seminar and wine tasting featuring the chance to sip premier 2005 vintage Bordeaux wines, which Parker has hailed as "the greatest vintage produced during my 30-year career."
Vagablond (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Famous for its quality wines and exquisite chateaux the lack of tourist activities and luxury accommodation is all set to change. Billionaire Bernard Magrez a Bordeaux wine producer said “Not enough is done at the very top end of the tourist market.” So he’s opening his own tour agency. From September luxury short stays in four [...]
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A new quality control system introduced this month for Bordeaux wines has been welcomed by producers although it has yet to prove itself.
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
An Analysis of Bordeaux Wine Ratings, 1970-2005: Implications for the Existing Classification of the Médoc and Graves Source: Cornell School of Hotel Administration, Center for Hospitality Research The French châteaux producing Bordeaux wines were classified in 1855, creating a taxonomy that continues in force to the present day. An analysis of the ratings of vintages from [...]
BACCHUS FOR YOU (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The city of Bordeaux should become a cultural centre of wine, Sylvie Cazes, the new president of the UGCB, has said. Cazes has just become the 7th president – and the first female head – of the Union des Grands Crus Classes de Bordeaux. She is also president of the board at Chateau Lynch-Bages and the Cazes family wine holdings, and also sits on the Bordeaux City Council. In a wide-ranging interview...
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The city of Bordeaux should become a cultural centre of wine, Sylvie Cazes, the new president of the UGCB, has said.
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Pitte, a specialist in wine geographies, relates a long and fierce oenophile war in this charming history. Although Bordeaux wine has been an engine of innovation in the world of viticulture--British and Dutch merchants began marketing it in the late seventeenth century, and the Bordeaux bottle, whose familiar profile . . .
BACCHUS FOR YOU (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
In the same week Bernard Arnault won €40m from internet auction giant eBay, he lost a case against a small Bordeaux wine producer. In 2005 the head of luxury group LVMH and co-owner of Chateau Cheval Blanc took a fraud action against Bordeaux AOC producer Alain Signé of Domaine de Cheval-Blanc Signé. Arnault was trying to stop Signé using the name Cheval Blanc on his wine. Signé, whose 11.5ha vineyard...
