The 2008 Great Bordeaux Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in pictures
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23 February 2008
The 2008 Great Bordeaux Decanter Fine Wine Encounter
Before the masterclass: opening and decanting the wines
Before the masterclass: A case of the Mouton ’96, en magnum
Before the masterclass: Two vintages of the second wine, Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild, also featured
Hervé Berland, Managing Director of Château Mouton-Rothschild and Decanter publishing director, Sarah Kemp, take their places for the Mouton masterclass
One of the stars: the ’89 Mouton
The wines of Château La Lagune
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The Grand Tasting: Château de Sours in Entre-Deux-Mers
Masterclass attendees at the end of another star-studded line-up
Stephen Carrier (left), the new general manager of Château Fieuzal and Jean-Jacques Bonnie (right) owner of Malartic-Lagravière share a joke at the Graves masterclass.
Veronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly in the Graves during the masterclass
Hubert de Bouard, of Château Angelus, one of the stars of the Grand Tasting
Mark O’Halleron, Decanter tastings manager and Marie-Louise Schÿler of Château Petit Village before the Pomerol Seduction masterclass
Guests at the Grand Tasting
At the Grand Tasting: a fabulous colour
The calm before the storm: just before the doors open
Assessing the colour: the Graves masterclass
Another Graves, another great colour
At the Grand Puy Ducasse stand
Masterclass lineup
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