Regions & Areas

Regions & Areas

 Regions of France

• Map of France
• Alsace
• Bordeaux
• Burgundy and Beaujolais
• Champagne
• Jura
• Languedoc Roussillon
• Provence Corse
• Savoie
• Sud Ouest
• Loire Valley
• Rhône Valley
• Others

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 Regions of Spain

• Regions and areas from Spain

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 Regions and areas from the world

• Regions and areas Country by Country

Grape varieties

Grape varieties

The wine grape varieties and their universe

• The wine grape and the berry
• The aroma of the white wine grape varieties
• The aroma of the red wine grape varieties
• The complete list

Cook & Wine

Cook & Wine

The recipes and the associated wines

• Introduction
• The starters
• The dishes
• The cheeses
• The desserts

Wine Cellar

Wine Cellar

The advices to organize and manage his cellar

• Introduction
• The storage conditions
• The racks in the wine cellar
• The wine cellar composition proposals

 Vintages & Classifications

 Vintages & Classifications

Classifications in Bordeaux

• The Graves Classification of 1959
• The Medoc Classification of 1855
• The Medoc Cru Bourgeois Classification of 2003
• The Unofficial Classification of Pomerol
• The Saint Emilion Classification of 2006
• The Sauternes and Barsac Classification of 1855

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The Vintage tables of France

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Alsace and Lorraine
• The Vintage tables of Beaujolais
• The Vintage tables of Bordeaux
• The Vintage tables of Burgundy
• The Vintage tables of Champagne
• The Vintage tables of Loire Valley
• The Vintage tables of Rhône Valley

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The Vintage tables of the world

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Argentina
• The Vintage tables of Australia
• The Vintage tables of Austria
• The Vintage tables of Chile
• The Vintage tables of Germany
• The Vintage tables of Italy
• The Vintage tables of New-Zealand
• The Vintage tables of Portugal
• The Vintage tables of Spain
• The Vintage tables of South Africa
• The Vintage tables of United States

Wine universe

Wine universe

Wine labels

• Wine labels and legals
• The wine labels from Mouton-Rothschild
• The wine labels from Siran

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Wine bottles

• Wine bottle sizes
• Wine bottle shapes

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Wine stuff

• Glasses
• Corkscrews
• Cork

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Speaking about wine

• Wine dictionnary

Crus Bourgeois 2003 classification

History of the classification

Year 2003 will be the year of a major reshuffle of the Crus Bourgeois 1932 classification. The previous classification had 6 exceptional crus bourgeois, 99 superiors and 339 bourgeois. Due to an obsolescence and the high number of classified wines, it was decided to revise the classification to have a more restrictive list.
The new classification has:

• 9 crus bourgeois exceptionnels
• 87 crus bourgeois supérieurs
• 151 crus bourgeois

Published in the French Official Journal on 2003, the new classification will be renewed every 12 years. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bordeaux had registered some 490 applications to this new classification, open for wines from Médoc, Haut-Medoc, Listrac-Medoc, Margaux, Moulis-en-Medoc, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien.
The wines were analyzed on several vintages, from 1994 to 1999. The evaluation takes into account soils and viticulture, bottling and general reputation of the Château.

Due to a lot of complaints, this classification is currently suspended.

The Crus bourgeois exceptionnels

The Crus bourgeois supérieurs

The Crus bourgeois