Over the past month, critics and wine trade buyers have been on the ground in Bordeaux, tasting the 2009 vintage before they go on pre-sale (as “futures&# ) in the coming months. Steven Spurrier (on Decanter): the 2009 was the best vintage that Bordeaux had ever produced. Margaux 98. Far East bigger for Bordeaux. MORE >>

one of my favorite wineries in Bordeaux and I must say, I wish I was there! When i think of Bordeaux, I usually think of fun and sun (and wine, of course) and not running. yet people do run -- and train -- especially the team drawn from fifteen top Bordeaux wine. at tastings and dinners in Bordeaux and New York. MORE >>

Curious to consider that in the two thousand year history of the wine world, Classified Growth Bordeaux still retains its magic, value, and allure. Created in 1735, Margaux-based Chateau Brane-Cantenac caught the roving eye of the Donald Trump of the Bordeaux wine world: the worldly, aristocratic Baron Hector de Brane in 1833. MORE >>

Greg Dal Piaz from Snooth organized a tasting last week to sample nine Bordeaux wines from the 2004, 2005 and 2006 vintages, and below are some of my tasting notes. Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux Vegetal aromas, lilac/violet, mesquite, flavors of wood, bark and licorice, $40. Chateau Dassault St. MORE >>

In his review of Margaux properties, I found that most of my tasting notes aligned with his, especially when it came to Chateau Brane-Cantenac 2010, mostly in terms of how it has been steadily improving each year. Bordeaux Bordeaux En Primeur News Wine reviews brane-cantenac en primeur Reviews MORE >>