Bordeaux is the world’s biggest source of top quality wines. The 1855 classification can guide you to some luxury Bordeaux wines. In this article you also get tips for some good value affordable ...

This year is the 160th anniversary of the most famous and enduring effort to rank wines by quality: the 1855 Bordeaux ranking of classified growths, or Cru Classés, of the Médoc and Graves, the ...

It’s an inauspicious setting for a chateau listed as a “fifth growth” in the famous 1855 classification of Bordeaux estates, entitled to boast Grand Cru Classé status on its wine label.

Before the Universal Exhibition in Paris commenced in 1855 (organized by Napoleon III) a decision was made to classify the wine châteaux of the Bordeaux region. That classification still exists ...

For more than a century, the gold standard of world wine was the 1855 classification of the First Growths of Bordeaux. While many regions around the world made wine at that time, France was ...

For collectors of great Bordeaux, the 2018 vintage has turned out to be complicated. That’s largely because of price. Producers have offered their 2018 vintage en primeur—or as wine futures ...

The 1855 Classification of red wines of the Gironde (Bordeaux) was not the first -- as far back as the 14th century a list was made of Jurancon's finest vineyards and in 1644 the best wines of ...

The broadening of the fine wine market beyond Bordeaux to not only Burgundy in France, but also Italy, Spain, the U.S., and beyond, is evident in Liv-ex’s latest “classification,” the London ...

On top of these, the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, which set prices for the 60 top wines, still influences prices today.

Before we talk about Bordeaux, let’s dispel one of the wine world’s biggest myths: Not all Bordeaux wines are expensive and out of reach of mere mortals. Sure, some bottles can fetch tens or even ...