BORDEAUX -- As anyone who spent 2011 in France surely remembers, it was a year when the natural order of the seasons was scrambled. Summer started in March and continued into May. Temperatures soared past 30 degrees; barely a drop of rain fell. As the sun beat down on French vineyards, the grapes began to suffer. Then, in July, the fall mists came...
2011 Bordeaux en primeur picks Here are a few 2011 Bordeaux -- red, white and sweet -- that impressed me, out of hundreds of wines tasted last week. These are not necessarily the greatest wines over all, but rather a handful that I might consider buying en primeur if the price were right. Red Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan. Lovely blackberry...
ATLANTA ANTICIPATION was keen as 16 of us took our seats around a long table in the lovely art-filled, 39th-floor apartment of Mark Taylor, a longtime Bordeaux drinker and collector here. The six wineglasses before each of us were already filled, the fragrances rising and mingling. Outside on this chilly March Sunday, a strong wind howled and the...
Bordeaux er en storby i det sydvestlige Frankrig. Den er administrativ hovedby (præfektur) for departementet Gironde og hovedstad for den administrative region Aquitaine. Befolkningstallet er ca. 230.000, med en total befolkning i det bymæssige område omkring 754.000. Indbyggerne kaldes Bordelais/Bordelaise.
Bordeaux er desuden hovedby i vindistriktet Bordeaux.
Bordeaux var en af den den tyske marines u-båds baser under 2. verdenskrig.