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.
Harvest festivals aren’t only for the pickers
There was a time when properties weren’t keen to open up their doors to visitors during harvest time. There’s a lot going on, pipes and pumps all over the cellar floor, busy cellar rats checking on fermentation temperatures, grapes arriving and general activity. More and more properties now realise just how much wine enthusiasts love this time. They love to the see the cellars in action rather than as hushed dark and cavernous halls of silent barrels of ageing wine or gleaming tanks waiting for the next weeks of activity.
A bigger picture – Making Bordeaux inclusive
It’s understandable that vineyards look to their natural environment when thinking about sustainability, it’s a tangible and sometimes urgent challenge, but a broader definition of sustainability includes people.
Château Bellefont-Belcier : A stay in an 18th century property in Bordeaux
The Kwok family have had a lot to celebrate recently. 2022 was the 25th Bordeaux vintage for owner Peter Kwok, their Chateau Tour Saint Christophe entered the famous Saint Emilion Classification, Emmanuelle Fulchi d’Aligny joined the team as technical director after 25 years at prestigious neighbour Château Angélus and, of course, they won the regional Best of Wine Tourism for accommodation at Château Bellefont-Belcier.
The unique chic of chateau entertaining in Bordeaux
From private tables to restaurants or picnics in the park to food trucks, food and wine pairing has never been so much fun in Bordeaux.
Chateau Réaut, the incredible story of the 700-owners’ winery
Château Reaut, won a Best Of Award for their unique restaurant, the property also has a unique story and a unique approach to ownership.