Bordeaux

Bordeaux and fine wine are synonymous with each other; Britain has long since been one of the largest consumers of Bordeaux's fine clarets. Famous names from across the Medoc dominate the world wine markets, with many producers aspiring to be like the famous Chateaux of Latour, Lafite, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild and Haut Brion. Not forgetting of course the wonderful wines from St Emillion and Pomerol or the divine, rich stickies of Sauternes and Barsac. Bordeaux is quite simply a wine lover's heaven.

Bibendum Fact

Garagistes emerged from their um...garages in the early 1990's to put a whole new spin on wine making in Bordeaux. Reacting against older-style, slow developing wines, they started to make bigger, bolder and fruitier wines with high alcohol contents, which proved very popular with Mr. Parker