Every third Thursday in November, France (and not only, since bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau are sent all over the world on the eve of the holiday) celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau Day – the young wine of the current vintage, which is the first to go on sale in the same year. And this is the only […]
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Continuation of the previous article on the wine region of Graves de Vere with tasting notes and ratings.
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The first part of the article is about one of the little-known but promising sub-regions of Bordeaux. Graves de Vayres is located between the Garrone and the Dordogne, two rivers that shape the uniqueness of its terroir and microclimate.
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With spring and summer picnics approaching, it's time to think about the right drinks. Why not replace traditional rosé and white wines with an unusual wine called Clairet? This unique drink, located between rosé and red wine, is produced only in Bordeaux. And it was this that brought this region its fame back in the Middle Ages, long before the famous classification of 1855.
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Briefly about the completion of the international exhibition Wine Paris Vinexpo Paris 2025
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On February 10, 2025, in the context of the professional wine exhibition Wine Paris Vinexpo 2025, the Crus Bourgeois of Médoc published the second, revised classification of chateaux since 2020. The official list of 2020 included 250 estates, in 2025 – 170. Note that the number of cru bourgeois depends not only on the quality of the wines (moreover, one of the principles of cru bourgeois is a guarantee of the consistency of good quality of wines and the desire to improve it), but also on how many châteaux applied for the acquisition and renewal of the status.
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