Sometime later this summer, when I have ploughed my way through another 100 pages of paperwork and weaved through a bewildering slalom of French bureaucracy, I will have realised a dream. I am buying ...

You wouldn’t think anyone would be clamoring to spend hours bent over picking grapes. But a lot of people did just that at one of the most prestigious vineyards in France. In fact, at one of France’s ...

The town of St. Emilion is Bordeaux’s salvation—from a tourism standpoint, certainly, and, many people believe, from a wine standpoint, too. The walled medieval village is carved out of a limestone ...

The region has a viticultural heritage going back to Roman times and produces some of the world’s most sought after Bordeaux wine. “Wine is the most civilised thing in the world,” wrote Ernest ...

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ST.-EMILION, France — Chateau Figeac, a treasure of Bordeaux, is only about 2 miles from the center of this medieval village, but take a cell phone if you visit. You will see signs for Rocher-Bellevue ...

Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...