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Sauternes 2009: ‘a great vintage’Having tasted the wines of Sauternes and Barsac renowned French journalist Michel Bettane is as enthusiastic as his Left and Right Bank colleagues.
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Top Sauternes release prices
Two Sauternes first growths have released their prices – Chateau Suduiraut and Chateau Guiraud.
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Taillan Group buys Chateau BroustetSauternes second growth Chateau Broustet has been bought by the Taillan Group – in a forced sale against the wishes of the owners.
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Inaugural Sauternes marathon to take place in JuneA magnum of Chateau d'Yquem is being offered to the first runners over the line in this summer's inaugural Sauternes marathon.
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Chateau Guiraud opens wine storage in ChinaChateau Guiraud in Sauternes is to open two storage cellars for its wines in Asia, one in Hong Kong and one in Shenzen, China.
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Bordeaux chateau in Beijing school dealThe wine school of Chateau La Tour Blanche in Sauternes has gone into partnership with a school in Beijing to teach oenology students from China.
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Suduiraut launches Sauternes for younger drinkersChâteau Suduiraut is aiming to breathe new life into the Sauternes category with the launch of a new sweet wine aimed at younger drinkers.
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Russian investor buys Sauternes estateA Russian investor has bought Sauternes estate Clos Dady for €1.5m.
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Court rejects Barsac traveller camp plansA Bordeaux court has overturned plans to set up a travellers' camp in the sweet wine district of Barsac.
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Lalique chairman buys Sauternes estate Lafaurie-PeyragueyThe chairman of Swiss perfume and decor group Lalique has added Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey to his collection of Bordeaux estates.
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New Lafaurie-Peyraguey owner to restrict sweet wine productionThe new owner of Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey, multi-millionaire Silvio Denz, plans to restrict sweet wine production at the Sauternes estate to only the best plots of land.
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Chateau Coutet launches ‘Opalie’ dry whiteBarsac first growth Château Coutet is to release a dry white wine.
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Olivier Casteja appointed new head of Sauternes and Barsac bodyThe owner of Chateau Doisy-Vedrines has been elected president of the Crus Classés of Sauternes and Barsac.
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Thieves snatch 380 bottles in break-in at Chateau d’YquemChateau d’Yquem in Sauternes last night had 380 half-bottles of wine worth €125,000 stolen from the chateau cellars.
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Sauternes producer says tenth of 2013 harvest stolenA Sauternes wine producer has said it has lost a tenth of its normal grape haul after they were harvested overnight by someone else.
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Chateau d’Yquem to hold first flash saleChateau d'Yquem will hold a flash sale of three vintages of its Sauternes via the online retailer Vente-Privee, suggesting a rising focus on direct sales among top Bordeaux chateaux.
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Cathiards buy properties in Pomerol, Sauternes and Graves with the Moulin familyThe Moulin family of Galeries Lafayette Group has formed a partnership with Florence and Daniel Cathiard of Chateau Smith Haut-Lafitte to buy four properties across Pomerol, Sauternes and Graves.
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Lafaurie Peyraguey owner on lookout for more vineyardsThe new owner of Lafaurie Peyraguey in Sauternes is keen to buy more prime vineyard sites in the area, but will relinquish lesser terroirs held by the estate as part of a long-term reform plan.
