Wine 101: Château Lafite Rothschild III: Prince of the Vines

This episode of Wine 101 is brought to you by Meiomi. Springtime moments deserve to be more than ordinary, from those first few patio dinners to picnics in the park. Paired with Meiomi’s signature velvety texture and layers of dark berry, mocha, and toasted oak — it’s the perfect finish to your spring table. Visit Meiomi.com to find a bottle near you today. In 18th-century Bordeaux, when members…

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The World’s Best Merlot Regions, Mapped

While Merlot originated in Bordeaux, the grape grows well all around the world. Its cultivation now stretches from its homeland in Europe to the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the Southern Hemisphere. Merlot is often compared to Cabernet Sauvignon: The two go hand in hand because they are the most common varieties in Bordeaux and known for headlining the region’s world-class,…

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Wine 101: Château Lafite Rothschild Part I: A Mound in the Marsh

Much like the tale of Château Haut-Brion, Château Lafite Rothschild’s story begins with a mound of earth. Thirteenth-century Médoc — a subregion on the western side of Bordeaux — was entirely marshland with a nearly unnavigable topography of water, reeds, and mounds of gravel. While other areas of Bordeaux were being built up by wealthy families, land in the Médoc was largely owned by monasteries…

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Wine 101: Haut-Brion Part III: It’s a (THE?) New Style

This episode of Wine 101 is brought to you by Meiomi. Springtime moments deserve to be more than ordinary, from those first few patio dinners to picnics in the park. Paired with Meiomi’s signature velvety texture and layers of dark berry, mocha, and toasted oak — it’s the perfect finish to your spring table. Visit Meiomi.com to find a bottle near you today. Last week on “Wine 101,” Keith left off…

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Wine 101: Haut Brion Part II: Wine, War, and Religion

This episode of Wine 101 is brought to you by Meiomi. Springtime moments deserve to be more than ordinary, from those first few patio dinners to picnics in the park. Paired with Meiomi’s signature velvety texture and layers of dark berry, mocha, and toasted oak — it’s the perfect finish to your spring table. Visit Meiomi.com to find a bottle near you today. In 1549, Jean de Pontac set out to…

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Wine 101: Haut-Brion Part I: A Mound of Earth

The story of the modern Bordeaux chateau begins with Château Haut-Brion. Early documentation of the land dates back to Roman times when a nobleman named Pesus owned a villa on what is now the Haut-Brion estate. In fact, Pesus’s presence there lent the surrounding commune its modern-day name, Pessac. The Romans left Bordeaux in the 4th century CE, but it wasn’t until the 15th century that the…

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Animaatiossa kaikki on mahdollista – Nick Cave menee kouluun 1970-luvun alun Tukholman lähiössä

ELOKUVA | Eurooppalaisen pitkän animaatioelokuvan uudet hankkeet olivat esillä Cartoon Moviessa Bordeaux’ssa.

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12 Essential Bottles of Bordeaux [Timeline]

Bordeaux is one of the world’s most famous wine regions, with drinkers the world over infatuated with its juicy red blends, crisp whites, and supple dessert wines. Beyond producing some of the most sought-after bottlings around, Bordeaux’s popularity, in large part, comes from the fact that it essentially defined what it means to be a fine-wine region with the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux. The…

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