Best of Bordeaux. Rolf Bichsel

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       Introduction

       200 years of

       wine adventure

       Bordeaux is one of the oldest winemaking regions in the world.

       However, what we know as ‘grand vin' (‘great wine') first emer-

       ged during the 17th and 18th centuries. This development invol-

       ved immigrants from a variety of countries – Bordeaux wine is a

       universal product to the core.

       The Bordeaux story

       Success did not come about by accident, and great wines are born of great

       terroirs: ‘mother vine' (as the cliché has it) is happiest growing in sand, gravel

       and clay, sinking her roots deep into the womb of grandmother earth and bus-

      ily siphoning mineral crystals, vitamins and aromas into her grapes that grow

       and thrive before becoming Lafite Rothschild. Ten little Romans are said to

       have discovered the excellent terroirs of the Gironde, laid down their spears and

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