Médoc, Graves, Entre-Deux-Mers, Pomerol, Sauternes, Saint-Emilion…. What do these poetic-sounding names have in common? You are right of course if you answered Bordeaux Wines! Bordeaux is the greatest wine-producing region of the world!
Located in the Aquitaine region of south-western France, Bordeaux is one of France’s largest cities with a population well over 200,000. It lies thirteen miles up the coast where the Garonne and Dordogne rivers meet, and Bordeaux’s great harbor bustles with maritime traffic from all over the world. It comes as no surprise that the name “Bordeaux” literally means: “beside the waters” (au bord des eaux).
This is one region of France that oenophiles (wine-lovers) will not want to miss, for Bordeaux wines offer something for everyone’s taste: from light, sophisticated red wines to robust, full-bodied ones, from dry white wines to luscious sweet whites, even sparkling rosés and whites produced à la méthode champenoise.
Visiting the famous vineyards of Bordeaux is a must for the thirsty traveler and makes for easy day excursions as they lie all around the city: Pomerol and Saint-Emilion to the east, Entre-Deux Mers to the southeast, Sauternes to the south, Graves to the southwest and west, and the Médoc and the Haut-Médoc to the northwest.
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