Bordeaux Rouge is almost always a blend of grape varieties, with strict rules covering the grapes. Permitted varieties include: Merlot is the most-planted grape in Bordeaux.

“Bordeaux is all about the blend, while Burgundy is more about the expression of a place,” says Dorian González Vega, beverage director at New York City’s Union Square Cafe. Burgundy is a place, she ...

A red Meritage is a blend of two or more of the five major red Bordeaux grapes mentioned above, along with Carmenere, Gros Verdot and St. Macaire. No single variety can make up more than 90 percent.

Bordeaux also features the Cité du Vin wine museum, opened in 2016 and built to resemble wine swirling in a decanter. It’s a fabulous exhibition with many interactive features showing the ...

"Bordeaux blends" might be the most famous in this category, usually combining traditional red Bordeaux varieties like ...

A FEW MONTHS AGO, in early spring, a group of enthusiastic wine-lovers gathered in the harvest room of one of Bordeaux's better-known Grand Cru châteaux to celebrate the previous vintage. As a 15 ...

“We strive to produce wines that rival the best of the First Growths of Bordeaux.”That line, or a variation of it, is probably the most ubiquitous declaration on winemaker.

Among the changes making today’s local wine industry unutterably different from what it was 30 years ago, the emergence of the “Bordeaux blend” is a significant development. There are five ...