Bordeaux
This Bordeaux-Made Vodka May Change Your Mind About the Spirit
Sauvelle is made from wheat and distilled in Bordeaux. And French winemakers can’t get their heads around it.
France Is Getting a Ten-Story Wine Theme Park
France’s passion for wine will soon be synthesized and condensed into one physical location known as the “La Cité du Vin”, or City of Wine, slated to open on June 1.
Meet the French Red Wine That Germany Made Better
Thought it's made in France, Rotspon is bottled and sold in Germany, where many say that it tastes even better than the stuff back in Bordeaux.
This California Wine Business Was Accused of Being a Pyramid Scheme
Many clients of a California wine business paid tens of thousands of dollars for big-name wine bottles with zero delivered.
At Least 42 People Killed in France's Deadliest Road Crash in Decades
The victims were mostly elderly people who died when a bus and a truck collided head-on and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday. Another five people were injured in the crash.
Camping Out for $2,000 Bordeaux in British Columbia
Canada's wine aficionados lined up as early as 7PM for the chance to get their hands on bottles from legendary châteaux like Pétrus, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild, and Lafite Rothschild when the store opened the next morning.
These Nomadic Winemakers Are Taking Over Europe’s Vineyards
London-based wine collective Birds and Bats beg, borrow, and (not quite) steal other winemakers’ grapes from vineyards across Europe to turn into their “Wines of Momentary Origin” or “WMDs.”
Dentists Warn That Wine Tasting Can Completely Fuck Up Your Teeth
A recent study published in the Australian Dental Journal suggests that just minutes of wine tasting—lookin' at you, Robert Parker—can significantly erode your choppers.
In China's Tea Mecca, You've Got to Brew Your Own
In Chinese culture, eating until you burst is considered a normal part of mealtime, and pu'er tea has digestive benefits that aid those moments. I recently explored Yunnan province hoping to spoil myself with some quality brews, but the search was more...