Saint-Émilion Grand Cru: Inside Bordeaux’s Only Living Classification
Saint-Émilion is the one place in Bordeaux where a château can lose its rank. In fact, every ten years the appellation reopens its own hierarchy, tastes the wines again and ...
Tips and Guides, Wine Culture, Wine Knowledge
Bordeaux Red Wine: Understanding France’s Most Famous Wines
Ask any wine drinker to name a French region and Bordeaux comes first. Bordeaux red wine built that reputation, one glass at a time, across three centuries of trade with ...
Pomerol Wine: The Complete Guide to Bordeaux’s Rarest Appellation
Pomerol occupies barely 800 hectares on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, yet it produces some of the most sought-after wines on earth. There is no château in the grand Médoc sense, no ...
Grande Champagne: The Premier Cru of Cognac
Grande Champagne sits at the top of the six crus that make up the Cognac appellation. Its name alone signals a certain standard among wine and spirits professionals. Centered on ...
Médoc Wine: The Complete Guide to Bordeaux’s Left Bank
Few names in wine carry the weight of Médoc. This narrow peninsula on Bordeaux’s Left Bank produced four of the five First Growths and gave the world its most studied ...
Sauternes Wine: The Complete Guide to Bordeaux’s Legendary Sweet Wine
In the gravelly hills south of Bordeaux, where a cold tributary meets a warm river each autumn morning, the fog settles over the vines and quietly rewrites the fate of ...
Bordeaux Grapes: The Complete Guide to the Red and White Varieties
Bordeaux is one of the most celebrated wine regions in the world, renowned for producing wines that range from structured, age-worthy reds to elegant, fresh whites. To truly understand Bordeaux ...
Château Margaux: The Complete Guide to Bordeaux’s Most Elegant First Growth
Few names carry as much weight in the world of fine wine as Château Margaux. For more than five hundred years, this Left Bank estate has shaped what elegance means in Bordeaux, and its wines remain a reference point for collectors, sommeliers and anyone drawn to the story behind the bottle. This guide walks through the estate’s history, its terroir, the character of its wines, its greatest vintages, and everything a curious reader needs to know before buying, cellaring or visiting. What Is Château Margaux? An Introduction to the Estate A First Growth Bordeaux estate in the Margaux appellation Château ...
75 Centilitres: The Little-Known Story of a Number We No Longer Notice
We hold it without a thought. We uncork it, we pour it, we set it back down. The 75-centilitre bottle is so familiar that it has almost ceased to exist ...
Vineyard Guide, Vineyards to visit
French Vineyards: An Insider’s Guide to Regions, Estates and Ownership
Wine Estates · Reference Guide · Approx. 14 min read France grows wine on roughly 750,000 hectares, across regions that share almost nothing in climate or grape. Everything in one ...
Bordeaux Wine Estates: An Insider’s Guide to Châteaux, Terroirs & Ownership
From Médoc to Saint-Émilion, discover Bordeaux’s most prestigious wine estates. The complete guide by Christie’s affiliated experts.
Vineyards-Bordeaux, Wine Culture, Wine Knowledge
First Growth Bordeaux: The 5 Greatest Wines and the Estates Behind Them
From Lafite to Mouton: history, terroir, price and rarity. The definitive guide to Bordeaux’s five Premier Cru classified châteaux.
