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    Bordeaux wine (Occitan: vin de Bordèu; French: vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on...
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    The wine regions of Bordeaux in France are a large number of wine growing areas, differing widely in size and sometimes overlapping, which lie within...
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    The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification...
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    Bordeaux is a world capital of wine: many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde, and the city is home to the world's main wine...
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    Bordeaux wine spans almost 2000 years to Roman times when the first vineyards were planted. In the Middle Ages, the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and...
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    The color wine (also called bordeaux, vinous, or vinaceous) is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the typical color of red wine. The first...
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    pronunciation: [sotɛʁn]) is a French sweet wine from the region of the same name in the Graves section in Bordeaux. Sauternes wine is made from Sémillon, sauvignon...
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  • Premier Cru) status is a classification of wines primarily from the Bordeaux region of France. The wines considered “best of the best” are assigned the...
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    0°11′34″W / 44.93073°N 0.19285°W / 44.93073; -0.19285 Pétrus is a Bordeaux, France, wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border...
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    the Bordeaux wine region. Graves is situated on the left bank of the Garonne River, in the upstream part of the region, southeast of the city Bordeaux and...
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    In the Bordeaux wine region there are seven regional Appellations d'origine contrôlée (AOCs) that may be used throughout the Gironde department. These...
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    In 1955, the wines of Saint-Émilion in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified. Unlike the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 covering...
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    Château Lafite Rothschild (category Bordeaux wine producers)
    Château Lafite Rothschild is a French wine estate of Bordeaux wine, located in Pauillac in France, owned by members of the Rothschild family since the...
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    and wines, with different meanings in different wine regions: For Bordeaux wine, the term is applied to classified wineries: In the Bordeaux Wine Official...
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    Lillet (redirect from Lillet wine)
    lɛ]) is a French wine–based aperitif from Podensac. Classed as an aromatised wine within EU law, it is a blend of 85% Bordeaux region wines (Semillon for...
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    prices and increased demand for prestige wines from Burgundy and Bordeaux, competition from New World wines has contributed to a decline in the domestic...
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    Cabernet Sauvignon (category Red wine grape varieties)
    Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in Bordeaux wines, where it is often blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. From France...
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  • Chardonnays and another of red wines (Bordeaux wines from France and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California). A Napa County wine rated best in each category...
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    setting the prices for newly released Bordeaux wines. This made him the most widely known and influential wine critic in the world. Parker was born in...
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  • Château Lynch-Bages (category Bordeaux wine producers)
    appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Lynch-Bages is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was...
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    Château Margaux (category Bordeaux wine producers)
    de Margaux, is a wine estate of Bordeaux wine, and was one of five wines to achieve Premier cru (first growth) status in the Bordeaux Classification of...
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    in choosing the shape of bottle most appropriate for their wine. Port, sherry, and Bordeaux varieties: straight-sided and high-shouldered with a pronounced...
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    Merlot (category Red wine grape varieties)
    used in Bordeaux wine, and it is the most widely planted grape in the Bordeaux wine regions. Merlot is also one of the most popular red wine varietals...
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    Pomerol AOC (redirect from Pomerol (wine))
    [pɔmʁɔl]) is a French wine-growing commune and Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) within the Libournais ("Right Bank") in Bordeaux. The wine produced here...
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  • Classification of Saint-Émilion wine of Bordeaux Classification of Graves wine of Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois of Bordeaux (Médoc) Classified estates of Provence...
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    is a wine region in France covering several wine-producing areas situated respectively inland from, and south of, the wine region of Bordeaux. These...
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  • Islands Bordeaux wine, wine grown in the region around Bordeaux Bordeaux wine regions, the different AOCs and regions of Bordeaux Bordeaux Wine Official Classification...
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    Château Haut-Brion (category Bordeaux wine producers)
    a French wine estate of Bordeaux wine, rated a Premier Grand Cru Classé (First Growth), located in Pessac just outside the city of Bordeaux. It differs...
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  • Thumbnail for Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux
    du Vin de Bordeaux, or CIVB, the Bordeaux wine Bureau, created in 1948, is a French interest group that represents nearly 10,000 Bordeaux wine producers...
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    Second wine or second label (French: Second vin) is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from cuvee not selected...
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