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A short photo report about the wine museum in Bordeaux - La Cité du Vin.

The press often publishes articles about vineyards and wineries acquired by yet another celebrity. Château Miraval is one of the most famous of these estates. How can one evaluate the wine of the former star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

If you haven't tried it, you've probably heard of blue "wine" - a relatively recent invention that, if it hasn't revolutionized the wine world, has certainly attracted attention. What is this drink that looks more like a curacao-based cocktail, why is it this color, and is it worth trying? The answers are in this article.

This Barolo is one of the wines from my collection that requires patience, which will definitely be rewarded if you taste such beverages at the best moment, at the peak of their development. This bottle attracted my attention long time ago, but knowing the characteristics of Barolo and their potential for aging, I firmly decided to wait until it would have at least fifteen years old. It would be a shame to open such wine before it fully opens up. The reward for patience was a unique, harmonious wine with a strong structure and a complex, developed, but not faded bouquet.

How can we characterize 2023 in Bordeaux? The red wines were distinguished by a classic profile, ripe but lively and acidic fruitiness, dry whites - an excellent balance between juiciness, a round body and crisp acidity, and sweet whites - amazing depth, richness and harmony with a great freshness.

Tasting of a blue sparkling drink based on wine (from the "blue wine" series). This time the label honestly states that it is a cocktail, not a wine.

Tasting dry white wine from Sauternes. The appellation produces sweet white wines with minimal sweetness. But on its territory, dry white wines are also produced, but under the name "dry white Bordeaux" (Bordeaux Blanc Sec).

Абрау-Дюрсо – знаменитый российский винный бренд, известный, прежде всего, своими игристыми напитками, но выпускающий также и тихие вина. Мне всегда интересно дегустировать российские вина одного производителя и наблюдать, как они развиваются (в плане созревания в бутылке и усовершенствования применяемых технологий), а некоторые кюве я дегустирую даже каждый год. Одно из таких вин – игристое Abrau-Durso Brut d’Or Blanc de Blancs.

Château Piron – одно из старейших хозяйств региона, которое было основано в конце 1693. С тех пор, из поколения в поколение им владеют члены одной семьи Буаро (Boyreau). Виноградник шато включает в себя участки с красными (Каберне Совиньон, Мерло) и белыми лозами (Совиньон Блан, Семийон). Терруар – гравийные и известково-глинистые почвы и влияние речки Gât-Mort, в чьей долине находится шато. Из белых сортов выращиваются Совиньон Блан и Семийон, из красных – Мерло и Каберне Совиньон.