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Bordeaux White Wines

16 April 2012
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Think of wine from France’s Bordeaux region and almost inevitably red wine comes to mind. This huge, world famous wine region is renowned for the quality of its red wines and some of the world’s most expensive wines are produced here. However, Bordeaux is not just about red wine. There is plenty of white wine [...]

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Chateau Climens 1983 – a Classic Dessert Wine

12 October 2011
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One of the best ways to end a meal, in my opinion, is with a glass of dessert wine. One of the most famous dessert wine-producing regions in the world is in Bordeaux. The wines of Sauternes and Barsac-Sauternes come from the southern part of the region and are usually made with either Sauvignon Blanc [...]

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Chateau d’Yquem 1991 and 1995

11 February 2011
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Some of the great champagne houses of France were built by formidable women back when a woman’s job was to bear and raise children exclusively. For example, the widow or “Veuve” Clicquot and  Lily Bollinger both took over their  houses after their respective husbands died and improved them greatly, creating  legacies that were built upon [...]

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Chateau Haute-Fonrousse Monbazillac 2003

6 January 2011
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Sweet/dessert wine is something I’ve only relatively recently got into. I was lucky enough to be “broken in” several years ago with a (small) glass of 1980-odd vintage Chateau d’Yquem – recognised by some as the finest wine (red, white or sparkling) in the world and with a price to match. In 2006 a 135-year [...]

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