châteaux in Bordeaux

focus on Bordeaux wine


This course is intended for advanced wine amateurs who want to deepen the specific subject of Bordeaux wines and get familiarized with their characteristics





  • getting to know each other better while relaxing: smell recognition game

  • next first quater of an hour: a reminder of some terms
  • some history: from the biturica in Burdigala untill today
  • some geography: vineyard situation and exposition, terroir, different types of soil, climate influence
  • grape varieties and wine blending
  • particularities of vinification of Bordeaux wines and their ageing: from the vineyard to the barrel
  • classification, the 57 appellations, vintage, labels
  • some advice: wine buying, storage and service


  • six red and white Bordeaux wines in all will be tasted during the course


  • the course content may vary according to the speaker's choice
  • a participation certificate will be handed over at the end of the course
  • a dossier containing and developing all the course subjects will be available on line in the participants' section after the course >>
  • the course will be held by a wine specialist >>
  • an english speaking assistant will be present during the course



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schedule

10-04-2010
05-06-2010
03-07-2010
08-08-2010
10-10-2010
04-12-2010

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duration

3 hours



objectives

we would like to bring you indepth knowledge of Bordeaux wine specificities.



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