The French Bordeaux wine region is the second largest wine growing area in the world. There is more vineyard land planted in Bordeaux than in all of Germany and ten times the amount planted in New Zealand.
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Bordeaux wine region, climate & geographyThe French Bordeaux wine region is the second largest wine growing area in the world. There is more vineyard land planted in Bordeaux than in all of Germany and ten times the amount planted in New Zealand.
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A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux wine region of France. Average Bordeaux vintages produce over 700 million bottles wine each year.
The Bordeaux wine classification system dates back over 150 years. In 1855, Emperor Napoleon III requested the development of a universal Bordeaux Wine Classification system. Bordeaux wine classification is divided into five categories according to price.
The first Bordeaux wines were grown in the 1st Century A.D. the English started importing Bordeaux wines from the 12th century and named them "claret" because of their clear colour. During the 17th Century, the Dutch developed the sweet white Bordeaux wines from Sauternes - giving the wine world the term 'sauterne'. Throw in some financial scandal, Royal marriages, the intervention of Emperor Napoleon and plenty of natural disasters - French Bordeaux wine has quite a history!
The sweet white Bordeaux wines from Sauternes appellation, are some of the world's most famous sweet wines. The sweet white Sauternes wines are made from Semillon, Savignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes.Sauternes wines have a long and interesting history.