Bordeaux is the world’s biggest source of top quality wines. But a Bordeaux wine can cost anything from a few dollars or euros to several thousand per bottle. In Bordeaux you can find the ultimate ...

Over the last couple of months, I have had many readers wanting another column deciphering the confusing classification of wines in the world. The 1855 Classification of red wines of the Gironde ...

Before we talk about Bordeaux, let’s dispel one of the wine world’s biggest myths: Not all Bordeaux wines are expensive and out of reach of mere mortals. Sure, some bottles can fetch tens or even ...

This year marks the 150 th anniversary of the 1855 Bordeaux classifications—the five-tiered ranking of the region’s top châteaux that has long been the most prestigious pecking order in all of wine.

For more than a century, the gold standard of world wine was the 1855 classification of the First Growths of Bordeaux. While many regions around the world made wine at that time, France was considered ...

Anonymous, Map of the Bordeaux region, the Médoc area and the Born provostship, Undated, France,, . (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Created three years after the seminal ...

An illustrated travel guide to the finest wine châteaus of Bordeaux's Grands Crus Classés 1855 classification. This chic, richly illustrated, and practical guide features thirty-five wine châteaus in ...

DAVID LAUNAY, Commercial Director of CA Grands Crus and brand owner of Chateau Meyney. THE 1855 Bordeaux Classification has pretty much stood the test of time despite its being 167 years old. It was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Château Lynch-Bages is arguably the greatest success story Bordeaux has seen since the second world war. Once a ...