Trouble at the top as well as the bottom. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Left to ...

Bordeaux is well known for its long-lived, complex wines and the first growth wines like Margaux, Lafite, Latour, Mouton, and Haut Brion are globally recognized brands that command premium pricing.

but it is also a world renowned brand. People buy wine because it says Bordeaux on the label. Winemakers try and imitate Bordeaux wines by making “Bordeaux blends” (cabernet sauvignon ...

Gillet 2020, Bordeaux (13.5%, M&S, £8.50) and rises to around the £25 mark. You can find lovely wines in almost every corner from Blaye, Côtes de Bordeaux on the eastern side of the Gironde ...

In globalized, commercial Châteaux Bordeaux, a world of brand-name products sold like luxury goods, where too many wines seem polished and lustrous yet lacking in character, Jaugaret brims with soul.

Some very good Bordeaux wines are made in this area ... Since 2015 she has her own brand of wines as well, called Charivari. These are “natural” wines, although Nea prefers to call them ...

Gaïa, the brand-new tasting space at Château Smith ... dispel prejudices and correct an image they often deem false: the idea that Bordeaux wines are too heavy, inaccessible or too complicated.

"2011 should have been treated as a chance for Bordeaux to re-engage with its traditional markets (essentially the US, UK and mainland Europe) by offering wines that truly presented value. It was an ...

Red wine consumption has dropped significantly in the last decades ... "a loss of value and a loss of image for all the winegrowers who try to promote the Bordeaux brand." In the second half of 2022, ...

As Bordeaux's 2023 en primeur campaign concludes ... Feedback from the trade reveals a tepid consumer response, except for cherished brands or excellent deals. Wines significantly priced below current ...

The bigger issue, though, is that bordeaux wines have fallen so far from favour that selling them is hard. In the words of one grower: “There’s a lot of gloom about.” In 2023, exports fell ...