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Bordeaux 06 will fail in US: Parker
American wine critic Robert Parker has predicted that Bordeaux en primeur sales in US will fail due to empty wallets and a weak dollar.
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Bordeaux en primeur ‘a con’
Bordeaux En Primeur is a con trick perpetrated on a gullible public by wine merchants, chateaux and journalists, wine writer Stephen Brook argues in the latest issue of Decanter magazine.
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Negociants dismayed by UK and US reaction to Bordeaux En Primeur 06
Negociants in Bordeaux are very unhappy with the way this year’s En Primeur campaign has been received by press and professionals in the English-speaking world.
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Hong Kong: mixed interest in Bordeaux 2006
Hong Kong merchants are reporting mixed interest in the 2006 Bordeaux en primeur campaign.
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Tesco may offer Bordeaux en primeur
Tesco may offer its customers Bordeaux en primeur next year – a move that will cause seismic changes in the 400-year-old industry.
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Tesco En Primeur plans: clarification
On Friday 29 June we published a story headed 'Tesco to sell Bordeaux En Primeur'.
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Bordeaux en primeur is ‘madness’: Petrus winemaker
Former Chateau Petrus winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet has become the latest high-profile wine professional to attack en primeur – calling it ‘madness’ and ‘a disaster for wine’.
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American merchants wary of Bordeaux 2007
Some American merchants will skip the Bordeaux en primeur barrel tastings next month due to the high Euro, mixed vintage reports and apprehension of high futures prices.
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Bordeaux 2008 Videos
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Bordeaux 2008: What the press says UPDATED
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2007 – Steven Spurrier on the vintage
Decanter magazine's consultant editor Steven Spurrier talks about the 2007 vintage in Bordeaux. This was recorded prior to more comprehensive tastings in the Medoc.
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Bordeaux Wine Trading fraudster convictedThe managing director of a company selling non-existent Bordeaux en primeur has been found guilty of fraud.
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Penfolds Icons released and on market for hefty discountBuyers have reacted positively to the release of Penfolds' latest batch of top wines – despite the distractions of a bumper day of Bordeaux en primeur releases.
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Investment potential fuelling surge in Champagne sales: merchantsA lacklustre 2012 Bordeaux en primeur campaign has contributed to a surge in fine Champagne sales, merchants reckon.
