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It’s funny what some countries have as a priority to what is considered an essential service with the French its business as usual in terms of their wine industry staying open, but that is classic French we should expect no less. But it’s not all good news with the likes of Bordeaux en-primeur being cancelled, Bernard Farges, president of the Bordeaux Wine Bureau (CIVB), has said that the French wine industry is ‘watching our Italian friends closely’, who are a... read more

Full-bodied ChardonnayJust like fashion trends from the past tend to make comebacks, so to do wine trends. Full-bodied Chardonnay was the toast of the 1980s, but many of the styles made were too oaky and buttery and soon fell out of flavour with wine lovers. As a reaction, winemakers started creating lean Chardonnay wines with little or no oak maturation. But now, many consumers are asking for more full-flavoured Chardonnays and winemakers are increasingly starting to use oak maturation and... read more

Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. Its three trump cards are diversity, quality and quantity. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90 percent of production volume) are the dry, medium and full-bodied red Bordeaux Blends that established its reputation. The finest (and most expensive) of these come from the great Chateaux of the Haut-Medoc and the Right Bank appellations Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. The legendary reds... read more