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The article discusses the wine region of Languedoc in France, emphasizing its diversity, evolving wine scene, and the emergence of its whites as a source of freshness and complexity. It also highlights the presence of outlier winemakers who challenge traditional appellation rules and opt for regional IGP or Vin de France designations to create unique, high-quality wines that defy conventional standards.

The fine wine market in 2024 has seen muted trading and a general decline in prices, with exceptions noted among older vintages. Some wines, such as Cos d'Estournel 2000 and Cheval Blanc 1990, have experienced price increases. Factors such as impeccable provenance, rarity, and maturity have influenced the success of wine sales. While overall the market is bearish, some wines are attracting buyers at lower prices. The present lack of enthusiasm for luxury goods, influenced by macroeconomic factors, has impacted fine wine sales, although categories like rare Burgundy and semi-mature Bordeaux and Champagne may present opportunities for interested buyers. [Extracted from the article]

A new retailer, Maharaja Drinks, has launched in the UK, offering a range of Indian wine, beer, spirits, tea, and coffee to showcase the dynamic Indian drinks scene. Decanter's Bordeaux Editor, Georgie Hindle, has published a Smart Traveller's Wine Guide to Bordeaux, recommending restaurants, wine bars, winery hotels, and wine shops in the region. Flour & Grape in Bermondsey, south London, known for its hand-rolled pasta, now offers a selection of half-bottles of exclusively Italian wines curated by chef-owner Nick Crispini. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights six incredible things to do in Bordeaux, France, beyond wine tastings. It mentions Château de la Brède, a medieval fortress with a library and castle gardens. The article also mentions a new way to explore Bordeaux in 2025 through river cruises along the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. Other attractions include the village of Saint-Émilion, known for its winemaking history and monolithic church, the Citadel of Blaye with its underground passages and museum, Fort Médoc, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Bassins des Lumières, a digital arts center in a former submarine base, and Bassin d'Arcachon, a popular seaside destination with oyster farms. [Extracted from the article]

The article "3 FOR MUSIC" in France Today highlights three music festivals in France: Printemps de Bourges in April, Chorégies d'Orange in July, and Festival de Nîmes from May to July. These festivals feature a diverse range of musical genres, from classical to contemporary, and showcase both established and emerging talents from France and around the world. Additionally, the article mentions the Bordeaux Wine Festival, which offers a unique experience combining fine wines, cultural attractions, and musical entertainment along the Garonne River promenade in June. [Extracted from the article]

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The article offers information on Italian wines such as the Wolf's Nipple which is a strong, sweet jug-wine that was popular with Roman vulgarii. Topics include the vin de siècle of the Nipple, the popularity of the Bordeaux wine called 1959 Gaul, and the Parisians and Germans' love for burgundy. It also discusses the great wines of the Renaissance including the 1511 Chianti Borgia, the Hapsburg-Hohenzollern Rudesheimer 1521, and the Butt-Me-No-Butts Malmsey Solera 1548.

Former NBA All-Star Tony Parker, known for his basketball career, is preparing to release his first wine, a rosé from Chateau Saint Laurent in the Rhône Valley. Parker has long been passionate about wine and has been learning the ropes as a partner in La Mascaronne and Champagne Jeeper. He sees parallels between being a sports star and making wine, emphasizing the importance of passion and hard work. Parker's wine venture has gained attention, with many NBA players also entering the wine business. [Extracted from the article]

REGULARSThe wines of Bordeaux’s Liber Pater can command prices of US$30,000 a bottle. This documentary shines a light on Loïc Pasquet, the man behind the label, who spent time in prison for failing to comply with Bordeaux’s agricultural laws and practices, giving a rare insight into why he feels so strongly about doing things his own way. (Apple TV, £8.99 or Winemasters.tv, $7.99 to rent for one week)PHOTO (COLOR) [Extracted from the article]

According to a recent report, Bordeaux wines have benefited from buyers seeking quality in an uncertain market. Liv-ex's new 'Power 100' ranking of brand performance on the secondary market included 30 Bordeaux wines, compared to 25 in the previous edition. Buyers are focusing on stable and liquid brands, favoring Bordeaux over Burgundy and California. However, the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index, which tracks Bordeaux first growths, fell 13% in 11 months. Data from Bordeaux Index's LiveTrade online platform suggests that legendary Bordeaux wines from 1989 and 1990 are underpriced compared to younger vintages. Historic Bordeaux superstars were featured in recent auctions, with older wines commanding a premium due to their provenance. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on wine producer Angelo Gaja, his family and their contributions to wine production in Piedmont, Italy. Topics discussed include Angelo being credited for bringing modern winemaking techniques to Piedmont such as malolactic fermentation and green harvesting, price of n1971 Barbaresco being doubled by him for bringing the wine at competition with Burgundies and Bordeaux wines and his contributions for establishment of the winery Gaja.

The article discusses the developments of the Bordeaux en primeur campaign. The author talks about the advantage in buying recent vintages while the wines were still in barrel. Also offered is a chart depicting 100 en primeur wines rated 90+ which include Mouton Rotshchild, Domaine de Chevalier, and Pensees de Lafleur.

The article focuses on Carménère wine, which is made from the Carménère grape in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France. Topics include the popularity of Cabernet wines in 2015, the history of Carménère wine, and the growing of Carménère grapes in Chile. Reviews for the Errazuriz Single Vineyard Carménère 2011, Bisquertt Ecos de Rule Carménère 2012, and Falernia Reserva Carménère 2011 are presented.

Sotheby's is offering 60 to 80 wines, and head of wine Jamie Ritchie singled out several that are already bestsellers, including the Leoville Barton I recommend below. (Bloomberg) -- Château Margaux, $620 a bottle; Château Lafite Rothschild, $695; Haut-Bailly, $139; Ducru-Beaucaillou, $239... The final futures prices for the 2020 Bordeaux wines trickled out this week, meaning we're nearly at the end of the wine world's most important spring ritual: en primeur. [Extracted from the article]

In this article, the author focuses on the 2013 Bordeaux En primeur wine campaign. Topics discussed include sessions involving sipping, spitting and tasting notes of wines to estimate their quality, wine selection and making of assumptions for the credibility of the taste of wine. Also presented is a survey done by the website Harpers.co.uk asking people if they want to participate in wine tasting campaign in 2013.

The article previews wines from the Bordeaux region in France including grand vin Margaux, 1er cru and Giscours, 3eme cru, Margaux and second vin Pavillon Rouge, Reserve de la Comtesse and Lacoste Borie.

The article discusses bargains for Bordeaux wine will not sustain tipplers through Covid-19 lockdowns. It mentions that Western drinkers' taste shifted from Bordeaux's Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blends to rarer Pinot Noirs from Burgundy; and climate change has helped grapes ripen. It also mentions that Bordeaux estates sell wine two years before bottling it, via a system called en primeur.

The article evaluates several French and Italian wine brands including the 2014 Cote-Rotie Village, the 2015 Goulee by Cos Bordeaux and the 2016 Dolcetto d'Alba Priavino wines.

A wine collection of almost 17,000 bottles from a single cellar -- including grand cru Burgundies and first-growth Bordeaux -- has sold for $29.8 million at auction, Sotheby's said. Other desired bottles were a Chateau Mouton Rothschild from 1945, said Jamie Ritchie, worldwide head of wine at Sotheby's. [Extracted from the article]

The Wine & Viticulture Journal's latest tasting comprised Australian-made Bordeaux blends, specifically those in which Cabernet Sauvignon made up at least 50% of each wine and Merlot the second highest component, with recommended retail prices of $20-$40 a bottle. Two wines from Margaret River - Watershed's 2012 Cabernet Merlot and Deep Woods Estate's 2012 Cabernet Merlot - were judged to be the best two wines of the tasting, with the panel making a notable mention of the Annie's Lane 2013 Cabernet Merlot naming it best value for money wine of the tasting. We asked the producers of these three wines to tell us the story behind their making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the climatic challenges faced by Bordeaux producers in the French wine region. Wine producer Marc Milhade hopes that the British wine drinkers would rediscover the taste for Bordeaux wine. Producer Thibault Despagne suggests the need to dismiss perceptions that Bordeaux wine is too expensive.

The article examines the Bordeaux fine wine market as it reports that the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index has gone up 8.5 percent in six month ended March 2016. Topics discussed include the Bordeaux fine wine market declining since mid-2011 as well as the six-month turn-around attributed mainly to the entrance of China in the fine wine market. Also mentioned are tables showing the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index from March 2011 to March 2016 as well as the market share per region from 2004 to 2015.

An interview with Jamie Ritchie, president of wine at wine retailer Sotheby's, is presented. He talks about wine auction strategies, auction news related to ultra-rare, and ultra-expensive wine, and the most significant auction run by him. He discusses dominance of the Bordeaux wine in the auction market, factors that led him to work in the wine-auction market, and offers suggestions for people who do not wish to spend more money on one single wine bottle.

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey's Tough Times Could Be Good News for Its Wine Exports Tunc Doker, a New York-based Turkish national and president of wine importer Turquoise Life, contends that while Turkish wine producers are saddled with extra costs, their bottles are still affordable abroad. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The 50 Best Wines of the Year, All Priced Under $50 a Bottle AR Lenoble Brut Intense Mag 14 ($40) The fresh, bright new cuvée of chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier contains 40 percent of reserve wines for more vibrancy and complexity. 2015 Planeta Santa Cecilia Nero d'Avola ($42)Though Mount Etna wines are having a moment, the rest of Sicily has dozens of superb wines, such as this spicy, plummy, licorice-laced red. [Extracted from the article]

Margins squeezed for Bordeaux merchants buying wine futures Average 2017 prices for wines in the Liv-ex Bordeaux 500 Fine Wine Index, comprising the last 10 physically-available vintages from 50 top wine estates, were down just 11.5 percent from the higher quality 2016 vintage. [Extracted from the article]

A review is offered for several wine bars located in the U.S. including Primrose, Fairfax, and Enoteca Nostrana.

Her three standout wines of the vintage in The Wine Advocate's recently released 2015 Bordeaux Report were Chateau Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion, which she described as extraordinary, Petrus in Pomerol and Chateau Haut-Brion in Pessac-Leognan. Cheval Blanc 2015 is quoted at a market price of 6,140 pounds ($8,504) per 12-bottle case by the London-based Liv-ex online wine exchange, more expensive than the estate's previous four lower-quality vintages but compared with 8,400 pounds for 2010 and 6,700 pounds for 2009. While Bordeaux producers have become much more aware of world competition in recent years as the market has opened up and winemakers have traveled more internationally, the region has retained a pre-eminent place in the market, Parker said. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the author's views on New Zealand's Bordeaux wine's Puriri Hills Pope. According to the author, Puriri Hills' annual production of wine is higher, he visited the winery for tasting the wine, and the winery's development of flavors for making it complex. Also included are details on author's views on the products offered by the winery, hand-harvesting's contribution in wine production, and his schemes of joining the Pope Wine Club.