From established names who have led and continue to lead the field of wine tourism to the younger generation experimenting with new technology and labels, Bordeaux has no shortage of trail blazers across wine making, sustainability, tourism and innovation. Here are a few worth following
The Montlabert Avant-Garde Tradition
With beautiful architecture in the heart of the UNESCO heritage landscape of Saint Emilion, it’s not surprising Château Montlabert won The Bordeaux Best Of Wine Tourism Award for Architecture and Landscapes.
Mentoring the future of wine
This year sees the third edition of The Bordeaux Mentor Week, an initiative created by journalist Jane Anson and wine trade consultant Chinedu Rita Rosa. Their aim is to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the wine trade, a business that may seem inaccessible for young people without insider contacts.
Wine for Good – Bike to care
Bordeaux hosted the second edition of Bike to Care in 2023. This annual charitable bike race partners major names in the international food and beverage world with wine producers from Burgundy and Bordeaux. Their aim is to raise money to help people in need within the hospitality business.
Château Mauvinon – One for the birds in Saint Emilion
Château Mauvinon or the apology of slow tourism – A new Best Of Wine Tourism location in Bordeaux that you must discover !
Climate change and the future of the Bordeaux blend.
Climate change is bringing a shorter vine growing cycle to Bordeaux. The conditions may still be favourable but how to protect the Bordeaux style in the future? Growers already have viticultural and wine making tools to help, but now experimenting with the Bordeaux blend is inviting innovation.
Château Castera
Château Castera has a long history of culture, it’s not surprising then that they have once again won the Best Of Wine Tourism Award for Art and Culture in 2024, a prize they already championed in 2018.
Putting the Culture in Viticulture – Bordeaux for art lovers
As Wine and Art pioneer, Château Mouton Rothschild announces their latest label, let me take you on a tour of Bordeaux properties highlighting the culture in viticulture and how every vintage is an opportunity for new artistic inspiration.
Jean Michel Cazes – Bordeaux’s Finest Ambassador
In June this year, Bordeaux lost one of its elder statesmen, a man who started the wine tourism revolution in the Medoc, alongside a lifetime of other wine achievements.
Château Rol Valentin through the tasting glass
Husband and wife team Nicolas and Alexandra Robin bought Château Rol Valentin, Grand Cru Classé of Saint Emilion in 2009, but they are no strangers to the region.
They studied winemaking, viticulture and commerce and travelled the world before coming back home to the region where their families have been making wines since the 1700s
The Golden Grape
Last weekend, 11th and 12th November, the sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac invited sports enthusiasts to come and discover the Bordeaux region and it’s wines.
Château Marquis de Terme
In the centre of the village of Margaux-Cantenac, the historic property dates from the 1760s. It is built around a large courtyard and park, where an open air ‘Ginguette’ wine bar welcomes guests for events and tastings throughout the summer months.