Bordeaux Wine Trip is a new free app for smartphones and tablets with travel information for the Bordeaux wine region in France. The app is available in English, French and Chinese. With the help of  geolocalization or by choosing a specific theme (wine bars, castles, wine initiations, …) this app helps the visitor to better orient themselves in Bordeaux. The component SmartBordeaux helps Bordeaux wine lovers to identify wines and obtain information about the Bordeaux wine region. The apps can be downloaded in the app stores for iOS (Apple) and Android (Google). There is also a web version that works on all devices, including laptops and [...]

Chateau Latour, the famous first growth, told wine merchants today in Bordeaux that 2011 will be the last vintage it sells as futures, or en primeur. Only bottled wines will be sold from the winery, and [...]

2009 Château Fleur Cardinale – France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (3/9/2012) Bordeaux made in Chateauneuf or Napa Valley? Well, it’s mostly Merlot, so more Napa than CDP… It is well balanced, but has [...]

Belgium is the third largest importer of Bordeaux wines in the world by volume, after China and Germany. According to figures from the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) Belgium imported two percent more [...]

It might have been described as “the vintage of the decade” by French châteaux producers, but the 2010 Bordeaux campaign has fallen flat as wine investors and drinkers are refusing to swallow the high prices [...]

The label of Château Mouton Rothschild 2008 has been designed by Chinese artist Xu Lei. Since 1945, Mouton Rothschild each year selects another artist to design its label. It is only the second time that [...]

It seems that we can write this article every year during the “en primeur” campaign in Bordeaux. But 2009 “en primeur” prices for Bordeaux wines really are stratospherically high. Editor Michael Carpentier summarized it thus [...]

2007 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc – France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (6/2/2010) Excellent balance, depth and persistence. Recognizable SHL style, and clearly from a great year. Drinking quite well now. I would drink this on [...]

The California D-I-Y winery Crushpad takes its concept to Bordeaux. In 2004, Crushpad started in San Francisco with a fully equipped winery where wine hobbyists and starting winemakers could make their own wines. Those interested [...]

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