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unusual facts about Bordeaux wine



Bergerac wine

Its boundaries correspond more or less with those of the Arrondissement of Bergerac and it is located immediately east of the Bordeaux wine region.

Bernard Magrez

Bernard Magrez, born 1936, is a French wine magnate who predominantly owns Bordeaux wine estates, including Château La Tour Carnet, Château Pape Clément and Château Romer, but also a large number of wine producing properties in other French wine regions and other countries, including Spain, Chile, Argentina and California.

Borie-Manoux

Borie-Manoux is a Bordeaux wine négociant house, and winery and wine merchant group, initially founded as Negociant Borie by Pierre Borie in Pauillac in 1870.

Investment wine

The most common wines purchased for investment include those from Bordeaux, Burgundy, cult wines from Europe and elsewhere, and Vintage port.

Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur

Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur (1695–1755) was a Bordeaux wine maker who during his lifetime was known as the "Prince of Vines" due to his ownership of some of the most famous Bordeaux chateaus-including Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Mouton and Château Calon-Ségur.

Winemaker

Due to the close political and commercial ties between Bordeaux and England during the 14th and early 15th centuries, vintners were among the more important people in London with four mayors of London being vintners under the reign of Edward II.


see also

Calon

Château Calon-Ségur Bordeaux wine producer archaically named simply Calon

L'Angélus

Château Angélus, the Bordeaux wine from the appellation Saint-Émilion

Lichine

Château Prieuré-Lichine, Bordeaux wine estate still bearing the name of former owner Alexis Lichine

Mondot

Château Troplong Mondot, a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Saint-Émilion