Exploring Right and Left – Bordeaux Wine Trails
14-15 October 2019 About twenty miles north on the “Left Bank” of the Dordogne and Gironde Rivers, I learn my first lesson in French wines. It is pretty much “crickets” around here in mid-October. My first destination should not be a chateau but a tourism office.
Bordeaux, A City With a Well-Earned Reputation
12-16 October 2019 One mentions Bordeaux and one immediately thinks “wine.” There is so much more! There were several statistics which prove we are in the right city. There are almost 300,000 acres of grape vines planted in the 65 appellations of Bordeaux. Over 8500 winegrowers and 300 trading houses produce and sell almost one […]