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Bordeaux

Clerc Milon is not the offcut of a famous neighbour

There is a shop in every outlet mall that sells the same brand as the...
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Champagne

Chassenay d'Arce and the two letters on a Champagne label

Somewhere on the label of every bottle of Champagne, usually in type small enough that...
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Champagne

Charles Mignon and the village rating on the label

For most of the twentieth century, the price of a kilo of Champagne grapes was...
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Champagne

Charles de Cazanove and where the Champagne money goes

Here is a question worth sitting with. Two bottles of Champagne on the same shelf,...
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Bordeaux

Carbonnieux and the case for dry white Bordeaux

Ask a table of reasonably serious drinkers in Hong Kong to name a white Bordeaux...
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Bordeaux

Cantenac Brown and why a vintage is not a grade

Two bottles of the same wine from years three apart can differ more than two...
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Bordeaux

Cantemerle and what the 1855 brokers were measuring

In 1855 Napoleon III wanted a display of French agricultural achievement for the Exposition Universelle...
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Italy

Buccia Nera and what organic farming costs in Chianti

Organic farming sounds like a single decision. You stop using synthetic chemicals, you get a...
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Bordeaux

Branaire-Ducru and the virtue of the middle of Saint-Julien

The 1855 classification is read, almost universally, as a quality ranking. It was a price...
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Burgundy

Bouchard Pere et Fils and how a Burgundy label works

A Bordeaux label tells you which estate made the wine. The chateau owns the land,...
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Champagne

Billecart-Salmon and the dosage that finishes the wine

Dessert arrives and someone pours out the last of the dry Champagne to go with...
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Burgundy

Benjamin Leroux and what negociant really describes

In Burgundy there is a word that quietly halves a wine's perceived value before anyone...
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