Of all the bits of information on a label of wine, the vintage is arguably the most confusing. It’s really not always clear what that date is telling you.
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What’s So Important About Vintage?
Mois : février 2015
There are these two “places” that get talked about all the time when people are discussing wine from Bordeaux. There’s the Left Bank, and there’s the Right Bank. I suppose it’s important to know what they are, if for no other reason than to get a rough idea of where things are down Bordeaux-way!
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What Is A Château?
Nearly every bottle of wine coming out of Bordeaux comes from a Château. There are the famous ones like Château Margaux, or Château Haut-Brion. There are the not so famous ones, but still fantastic wines, like Château Moulin De La Roquille that we have the honour of stocking. All produced by the hundreds or even […]
We’ve all done it. We’ve walked into supermarkets or wine shops and picked up bottles of wine and been completely flummoxed by the label staring back at us. We all cling to the first bit of information that we can recognise or, in many cases, understand. Wines from Bordeaux luckily have the term “Grand Vin […]