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By Paige Donner Read Complete Article on Black Book Magazine A biannual affair, France’s monumental, just-wrapped Vinexpo Bordeaux has, once again, firmly established itself as the world’s leading exhibition for the wine industry. A few numbers: there were approximately 50,000 attendees at the Bordeaux Convention Center; overall wine…
Month: April 2016
Château HAUT-BRION Hosts Dinner, Conseil des Grand Crus Classés of 1855
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Château Haut-Brion’s Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux and Philippe Castéja, President of the Conseil des Grand Crus Classés of 1855 (Médoc & Sauternes), Alain PASSARD (L’Arpège, Paris), Anne-Sophie PIC (Maison Pic, Valence), and Yannick ALLENO (Le Meurice, Paris) Some 220 journalists from 33 countries were welcomed…
Bordeaux Nibbles And Fresh Markets
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by Paige Donner Bordeaux is the ideal-sized city to just wander around. In this sense, it is a bite-sized city that still offers enough funky and charming little neighborhoods to give you the feeling that you are exploring. Chartrons is the traditional wine district of Bordeaux where, during the…
La Table du Lavoir
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by Paige Donner [Read Full Article on Bordeaux Food And Wine] La Table du Lavoir is built on the 19th c. site of an old vineyard wash house the wives of the vineyard workmen would use on laundry days. It has been re-built, just across the road from Château…
Bordeaux’s Musée du Vin et Du Négoce
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By Paige Donner Read Full Article on Bordeaux Food And Wine Bordeaux’s Musée du Vin et Du Négoce is resplendent in its devotion to the history of this region’s cause celèbre; it is humble in its presentation; and it is welcoming in the way it greets its guests. A…
Château Smith Haut Lafitte – Bordeaux
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By Paige Donner Read Complete Article on Bordeaux Food And Wine Château Smith Haut Lafitte is one of those wineries in Bordeaux that has its own helipad. Likely, it’s one of the only wineries in Bordeaux that has its own helipad, actually. It also has its own weather station…
Vinexpo Bordeaux 2011
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BORDEAUX VINEXPO FROM 19 TO 23 JUNE 2011 Champagne Louis Roederer, Concha y Toro and Baron Philippe de Rothschild are among just some of the world-class wines that will be represented at this year’s Vinexpo, Bordeaux. Alongside these major groups, large numbers of vigorous companies are also lining up: Symington Family Estates,…
Château Haut-Lagrange, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux
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Château Haut-Lagrange “It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things” Charles de Montesquieu By Paige Donner Read Full Article on Local Food And Wine One early Spring afternoon on a recent trip to the Pessac-Leognan region of Bordeaux, I set off from my hotel on a bicycle…
Max Bordeaux, When Only The Best Will Do
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Max Bordeaux When Only The Best Will Do by Paige Donner ? Max Bordeaux Wine Gallery & Cellar, Bordeaux, Photo by Paige Donner for Local Food And Wine When your wine tastes will be satisfied only by the best, Bordeaux has another top wine bar for you. Fittingly, it,…
Bar á Vin, Bordeaux
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Bar á Vin, THE wine bar in Bordeaux, is shamelessly easy to find and as user-friendly as an iPod app. If you’re even a little bit like me, Bordeaux is, well, it’s intimidating. It is the heart and epicenter of W I N E. In La France. Are…
Hôtel Fouquet’s Barrière Benefit Wine Auction For Reforestation
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The Fouquet’s Barrière team and Marie-Laure Lurton team 2010 By Paige Donner « Vente aux Enchères du Fouquet’s 2010 » The Landes Forest of Gascony in southwestern France is the largest maritime-pine forest in France. It is located in the well-loved wine region of Bordeaux. The area was…
Vendanges!
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La saison des vendanges commence! [Transl. = Wine Harvest is Here!] Vendange Bordeaux Vendanges Bordeaux Vendanges Bordeaux Vendanges Bordeaux Bordeaux, Vendanges! TWITTER.COM/LOCALFOODWINE FACEBOOK/LOCALFOODANDWINE
Chateau Haut-Brion – A Bordeaux First Growth Loved by Poets, Philosophers and Presidents for 350 Years
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Excerpted From IntoWine.com In 1935 the estate was rescued by an American. Financier Clarence Dillon purchased the property for 2.3 million francs. Dillon named his nephew Seymour Weller as president of Société Vinicole de la Gironde, a position he held until his retirement in 1975 at age 83.…
2004 Château La Bienfaisance ‘Sanctus’ Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
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By: The Wine Spies Mission Codename: Holy Vines Operative: Agent White Objective: Secure a delicious and exclusive Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux for our operatives. Mission Status: Accomplished! Current Winery: Château La Bienfaisance Wine Subject: 2004 ‘Sanctus’ Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Winemaker: Didr Peytour Backgrounder: The movie Sideways may have…
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