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  Bordeaux wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bordeaux wine, refers to all wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France.
Wine laws have been established in nearly all of the world's wine producing countries to help protect established traditions and practices, to provide the consumer with a system of checks and balances against fraudulent activity and greed, and to protect the economic interests of those in the wine industry.
Bordeaux Grand Crus wines are classed as among the finest in the world and whilst the exportation of wine from Bordeaux has declined by 4.5% between 2003 and 2004, exportation of the Premiers Crus de Bordeaux have increased.
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 Bordeaux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bordeaux is located near the European Atlantic coast, in the southwest of France and in the north of the Aquitaine region.
Bordeaux is the largest wine region in the world with about 117 000 hectares of vineyards, 57 appellations, 9,000 wine-producing châteaux, 13,000 grape growers, 400 traders and sales of 14,5 billion euros annually.
Bordeaux is served by an international airport, Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac, located 8km from downtown in the suburban city of Mérignac.
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 Bordeaux Wine Bordeaux wines BORDEAUX Wine regions
The red wines of Bordeaux, all made of a blend from three and sometimes five permitted red grape varieties, are arguably the world's most famous reds.
The better wines tend to be found from the AC districts or communes in either of the "banks".
Wines of the Cotes are the most desirable, followed by the wines from the flatter vineyards of the graves (which despite its name has little gravel except in the two great vineyards of Figeac and Cheval Blanc), and finally to the more ordinary offerings of the riverfront sables.
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 Wines vocabulary
In the Bordeaux wine-producing region, "château" (or alternatively Clos, Cru, or Domaine) specifically means a vineyard of a regulated size that has winemaking and storage facilities on the property.
Château-bottled wines ("mis en bouteille au château," which you will see on the label and sometimes on the cork) means the wines were bottled at the estate.
A little known Bordeaux wine made like a red wine from red-wine grapes, but the juice (called "must," see below) is left on the skins for a very short time yielding a pale red color wine slightly darker than a rosé with light tannin qualities.
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 Bordeaux Wineries: Bordeaux Wine Regions on The WineWeb
Bordeaux is near the Atlantic coast, in the south west of France near the city of Bordeaux.
The main grapes in Bordeaux are Merlot (50% of Bordeaux wines), Cabernet-Sauvignon (26%), Cabernet-Franc (10%), Sémillon (8%), and Sauvignon Blanc (4%).
The climate in Bordeaux is generally temperate with a short winter and a high degree of humidity generated by the close proximity of the Atlantic Ocean.
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 Bordeaux Wine Futures: Applejack Wine & Spirits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The wine vintage is determined by the year in which the grapes are grown, harvested, crushed and the juice placed in barrels.
Thus, for example, the “2003 vintage” refers to the wine produced from the grapes that were grown, harvested, crushed and placed in the barrels in the year 2003.
The sale of the wine before it is bottled and delivered is the sale of wine as “futures” -- wine to be bought in the present but bottled and delivered in the future.
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 Great Wine Capitals - BORDEAUX - France
Bordeaux’s population is 220,000 inhabitants (Bordeaux urban area : 880 000 inhabitants).
Bordeaux is the administrative capital of the Aquitaine region.
Bordeaux is the largest fine wine-producing vineyard in the world, as well as the most legendary.
www.greatwinecapitals.com /bordeaux/index.html   (396 words)

  
 Bordeaux France Wine Country Travel Writing and Photography by Lee Foster
Drinking these wines at their place of origin, after seeing how the grapes are grown and the wine vinted, is a satisfying, unified experience.
Bordeaux is situated in an isolated corner of southwestern France, far from tourism circuits.
Bordeaux wines are assuming the image of expensive wines, discouraging large ranges of consumers.
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 Bordeaux Wine Information
Bordeaux is made up of five main districts - Medoc, St. Emilion, Pomerol, Graves, and Sauternes.
There are many levels of quality of wine grown in Bordeaux, so for the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris (sort of like a World Fair) Napoléon III asked a panel to break the region's wines down by price (therefore, hopefully, quality as well).
Bordeaux is divided by the Gironde River and Garonne River.
www.wineintro.com /types/bordeaux.html   (378 words)

  
 Bordeaux - Libournais Wine Region
This medieval town has, in addition to its reputation for wine, one of the most important architectural heritages in Europe, recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage.
Soil composition is complex, though largely clay-limestone in the Saint-Emilion and Fronsac appellations, and gravelly or sandy in Pomerol.
The balance between these three grape varieties gives the wines of this region softness, fruitiness and an excellent ageing potential.
www.greatwinecapitals.com /bordeaux/bor_reg_libournas.html   (250 words)

  
 The Bordeaux Wine Festival
Thanks to an initiative taken by Bordeaux Town Hall, people who love wine, food, and culture are able to share these pleasures on Europe's largest square, and on the banks of the Garonne, in an atmosphere of celebration and conviviality.
At the 5th WINE FESTIVAL, Bordeaux will be paying special homage to their Japanese sister city of FUKUOKA whose rich and varied cultural life has achieved international recognition.
BORDEAUX's sister city will have its own pavilion, and visitors from Fukuoka are sure to contribute their own special charm from the Land of the Rising Sun.
www.bordeaux-fete-le-vin.com /uk/programme/index.html   (174 words)

  
 White Bordeaux wines
Bordeaux dry whites are made from white-skinned grapes with white juice.
As opposed to red wines, the object is not to extract colour or tannin, but rather to preserve the characteristic aroma of the different grape varieties.
Certain Bordeaux dry white wines have been able to take advantage of new techniques developed by modern oenological research such as skin contact, ageing on the yeast and barrel fermentation.
www.franceway.com /wines/bordeaux/white.htm   (649 words)

  
 Bordeaux Wine Information Guide
Bordeaux is probably the most well-know wine region in France.
Bordeaux counts for one third of the good quality french wine (AOC, crus bourgeois, crus classés).
The wines are so good there that a Bordeaux ranking is needed to classify the best of the best.
www.terroir-france.com /wine/bordeaux_info.htm   (224 words)

  
 Appellations - Bordeaux - Wine Basics - Wine.com
And, while it is the region known for the most ageable, not to mention pricy, red wines of the world, Bordeaux has fallen from the "king of red wine" throne after a few poor vintages, rising prices and more value-driven competitors.
Bordeaux is most often separated into two parts —the right bank and the left bank.
Named as such for its gravelly soils, Graves is home to some top white wine regions like Pessac-Léognan (for dry whites) and the sweet wine regions of Sauternes and Barsac.
www.wine.com /aboutwine/basics/appellations.asp?region=11587   (523 words)

  
 Bordeaux Wine School
The Bordeaux Wine School was set up a few years ago, offering ambitious, yet unpretentious courses for everyone.
Level 3: "The legendary Chateaux of Bordeaux : the classifications and the wines".
WINE WEEKENDS: Discover, during a week-end, the Bordeaux vineyards and the pleasures of tasting.
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 Bordeaux Classifications - Into Wine
Pomerol, one of Bordeaux's greatest assets, was not included in the 1855 Classification, and remains unclassified to this day.
The Bordeaux Wine Brokers' Union went to work on the project and came up with what we now refer to as the Classification of 1855.
The classification was based on soil, a tasting of the wine, and the reputation of the vineyard.
www.intowine.com /bordeaux2.html   (524 words)

  
 Bordeaux Wine - Gread deals
Bordeaux Wine resources on http://www.golden-west-wine.com include information about Zinfandel, and more.
If bordeauxs are your preference then we think you'll love the variety we have to offer.
This is one of the traditional three grape varieties that goes into frances best-known wine claret, from the bordeaux region.
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 Today's Bordeaux
Today’s Bordeaux are 100 wines priced $8-$25 selected by an independent jury in a blind tasting of over 300 wines.
Recently, 14 Bordeaux winemakers toured the United States highlighting these selections to wine trade and press.
Wine trade and press: sign up to receive updates from the Bordeaux Wine Bureau.
www.bordeauxwinebureau.org   (50 words)

  
 Bordeaux Wine Travel - French Wine Tours Bordeaux - Driven Car & Chauffeur Service in Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux Wine Travel offers you an exclusive driven car- and chauffeur service in Bordeaux with your personal driver for all your travels and tours in the Bordeaux region and the south-west of France:
Bordeaux Wine Travel will naturally take care of all your personal transport needs, no matter what your requirements - Bordeaux wine tours, excursions within the south-west of France, Bordeaux tours, business trips or VIP transport.
Due to my professional experience in the wine production and tourism, it will be a pleasure to be at your service for any information and assistance to make your travel as convenient as possible.
www.bordeaux-wine-travel.com   (300 words)

  
 The Wine Exchange - Bordeaux, 2000 Bordeaux and more   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Wine Exchange is a full-service retail wine store with wine tasting bar, classes, retail wine sales, monthly newsletter including wine prices, and special events for everyone from wine novice to expert wine connoisseur.
The great wines of Bordeaux are the most renown wines of the world.
Bordeaux also has a Dessert wine that comes from the Sauterne and Barsac regions.
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 1964 Red Bordeaux - WINE BOARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The St-Estephe wine district is surrounded by the Medoc, Haut-Medoc and Pauillac districts.
If the wine has been left laying on its side (to keep the cork moist), undisturbed, in a low light area at a temperature of about 55 degrees F., then the chances are that you have a very drinkable wine.
Others on this wine board who are far more knowledgeable than I may be able to provide you with more specific information or with better detail on how to research your wine a bit more in-depth than I did.
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 K&L Wine Merchants - Bordeaux
Because we have a real passion for Bordeaux -- the world's finest wines -- we travel to Bordeaux every year to taste the new vintage, speak with the producers, and purchase directly from Bordeaux negociants.
In addition, you can view all the 2005's (including out-of-stock or unreleased wines) and add yourself to a waiting list when they become available for purchase.
Our panel of Bordeaux experts and buyers have returned with their picks from the vintage.
www.klwines.com /bordeaux.asp   (344 words)

  
 The Wine Exchange -
We have the same feelings tasting young Sebastien Gay's wines that we had tasting the wines of a young, unknown vigneron by the name of Christophe Perrot-Minot back in the 1993 vintage.
Bordeaux meets Spain in the finest way with these remarkable wines, and both can be had for a song vis a vis what else is out there for the same price.
Never since records have been kept has the area of Bordeaux ever experienced absolute perfect weather for growing grapes and, when talking with the chateau owners, you can see by their suggestive grin that they have produced something extraordinary.
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 bordeaux wine
Thus, rhubarb wine and the bag-in-box wine accessories and go the pump decanters at dolphin stemware.
Wine is good, restaurant wine racks and the corkscrew and the flamingo stemware.
So, fostoria stemware and the gallo wine and the small wine racks and the personalized wine glasses and the novelty wine glasses and the health benefits of red wine and the merlot wine and the merlot wine.
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Kitchen Etc Mikasa Jolie Bordeaux Wine Goblet Rising with fluid grace from a curvaceous stem the sweeping bell shape of the bowl emphasizes the subtly sensuous nature of this glass.
The marriage of crisp Sauvignon blanc and ripe Semillon yields a wine that is both light and full-flavored.
Wines and Spirits Chateau Laronde Desormes - Bordeaux The Chat Laronde Desormes is located just on the border of the Margaux appellation, and it could have easily fallen into this prestigious designation if it were not for bureaucratic vagaries...
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 Bordeaux Wine Locators Tumwater and More Wine Sub Categories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
he wagered california wines, along with other products, on championship games involving the los angeles lakers (a loser) and the university of southern california trojans football team (a winner.Auburn, ny - the auburn cayuga community college alumni association is offering a cayuga lake wine trail excursion sept. 25.
september 2, 2005 wine spectator tries to remake itself into a cooking reference for a sept. 30 double issue headlined the encyclopedia of food.
wine tastings are usually free, though there s sometimes a fee.
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 Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
We are a group from around the world that is very passionate about the glorious wines of Bordeaux.
And there is much discussion about the wines of California, Burgundy and other regions as well.
Volnay is one of the great wines of Burgundy.
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 Wine tours in Bordeaux - Wine Tours in France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Of course, wine aficionados from all over the world have always been attracted by the desire to taste, right from the cellar, the most celebrated wines in the world, or to select the ones that are soon to be on every sommelier's hot list.
Your wine tasting session at the end of the day will convince you that nothing resembles a Pomerol wine.
After breakfast you are escorted to Bordeaux's train station, where you take the TGV train back to Paris.
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 Wine | Bordeaux Wine Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Technically, Bordeaux is a region, and city, in France and not a single grape varietal, but the wines from Bordeaux have long been touted as some of the best in the world, and many of the most famous names in wine come from this region.
Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape of Bordeaux, though it is often blended with grapes that tame its sharp tannins, including Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Fine red Bordeaux wines are prized worldwide, and some of the coveted labels include those from Chateau Margaux, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, and Chateau Latour.
www.awinestore.com /varietal_bordeaux.htm   (146 words)

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