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Beautiful Christmas scenes at Château Smith Haut Lafitte #christmascenes #chateau #christmasbordeaux #insidebordeaux

Sunday night has come around again, and it is therefore time for our weekly round up of the next 7 wines, chosen by me for the 2024 67 Pall Mall Bordeaux Advent Calendar. Please do let us know what you think. And here they are; December 15 Chateau Bellefont Belcier St Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2016 December 16 Château Branaire Ducru St Julien 1855 4th Growth 2019 December 17 Château Leoville Barton St Julien 1855 2nd Growth 2011 December 18 Clos Fourtet St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B 2000 December 19 Château Pavie Macquin St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B 2017 December 20 Château Duhart Milon Pauillac 1855 4th Growth 2014 December 21 Château Cos d’Estournel Blanc Bordeaux Blanc 2021 I hope you are enjoying seeing which of the wines have made this years calendar so speciaL. Also thst you have accessed the tasting notes which can be found on the site at JaneAnson.com. If you have not yet seen them, then please do come along and check them out - we’d love to have you there. #wineadventcalendar #insidebordeaux #wineselection #bordeauxwines #christmaswine

If you would like to see some magnificent images of Bordeaux fully ensconced in the Christmas spirit, then look no further than our friend photographer Vincent @pl.cent (Instagram account) who invites you to select your favourite from a fine selection - one of them being this photograph. Head over to his account on Instagram detailed below to see the rest. Repost from @pl.cent: Noël à Bordeaux 🎄✨ Quelle photo préférez-vous? Bordeaux, France #bordeauxmaville #bordeauxmetropole #bordeauxfrance #bordeauxcity #visitbordeaux #insidebordeaux #localartists #cityscenes #bdx

Now three years old, janeanson.com is read in 81 countries, with subscribers enjoying our weekly output of tasting notes, reports, podcasts, maps, history, wine travel and news - all from the author of the award-winning Inside Bordeaux book. All subscribers are key to our community impact from environmental charity donations to the game-changing Bordeaux Mentor Week - and they get first access to the ultimate luxury of the Connoisseur Week in both Bordeaux and Tuscany. This is a wine community like no other - so with just a few days left before Christmas, please do consider giving a subscription as a gift for any wine lovers in your life - we have a 10% discount offer running on gift cards over the festive season. #insidebordeaux #winegifts #bordeauxwine

It's the last #newcontentthursday before Christmas, and we have... 🍷 The ultimate Christmas gift for wine lovers 🍷 Bordeaux Mentor Week shortlisted for V d'Or award 🍷 67 Pall Mall Bordeaux Advent Calendar is picking up the pace!! 🍷 A host of holiday reading for you 📚 🍷 And warm wishes of the holidays to all! 🥂🎄🔔❄️ This week’s #newcontentthursday sees our final newsletter of 2024 before the holidays, and a huge thank you to all of you for being part of this wonderful community. As we approach the end of 2024 we round up our most read articles of the year in both #freetoread and #subscribercontent. To celebrate we are opening up our most read subscriber articles this week to be free to all - so if you are not yet subscribed and would love to know more, then we head behind the paywall to bring you articles such as the 2023 En Primeur report on Left Bank Bordeaux, and the September Releases report that covered the non-Bordeaux wines released through the négociant system so come join us and read them on us over the festive period! Exciting news also, with the Bordeaux Mentor Week shortlisted for the V d’Or Best Education and Knowledge Sharing at the Vinexposium awards alongside one of our major sponsors, the Gerard Basset Foundation. Applications for the 2025 Bordeaux Mentor week will open soon, so please let any friends know that you think might benefit! Our 67 Pall Mall Bordeaux Wine Advent Calendar is going strong, with more carefully curated selections - still a few more days to see our choices daily on Instagram, with a weekly rundown on Sunday evenings, and full tasting notes on the site. Lastly, we have plenty of longer reading, with a speech given by Jane Anson at the Académie Internationale du Vin in Reims last week, entitled Bordeaux Terroirs. Heading into the archives also for articles that you can dip into leisurely over the next few weeks. For a last minute gift ideas, we have a 10% discount offer running on gift cards over the festive season. Come join and enjoy unrivalled content from #insidebordeaux over the festive period. Hope you enjoy catching up on all of this and here’s to a wonderful, relaxing break for you all.🍷 #tastingnotes, #winereports, #winepodcasts, #winemaps, #winehistory, #winetravel #winenews #bordeauxmentorweek

There have always been certain slices of Bordeaux that have risen above all argument about terroir. The sticky blue clays – or pelosols – of Petrus are perhaps the most famous example, or the sight of Château Ausone perched on the edge of the calcaire à asteries limestone plateau that greets anyone walking into the centre of St Emilion. The deep gravels of Latour are also hard to argue with, producing some of the most long-living and glorious wines in the world. And yet terroir is often missing from the conversation about this region. This week, for #newcontentthursday, we ask why. It’s a pretty intense deep dive, by way of the Romans, through Eleanor d’Aquitaine, the draining of the Médoc marshes, the 1855 classification and the innovations of today... offering a fascinating look at terroir through history, with a few suggestions for exactly why the soils of Bordeaux slipped out of the conversation, and why they should be welcomed back. Come join us for a leisurely read over the holidays. #bordeauxterroir #insidebordeaux #newcontentthursdays #academieinternationaleduvin

Vinexposium has revealed the shortlist for the 2025 V d’Or awards, recognising outstanding achievements and innovation in the wine and spirits industry - and the Bordeaux Mentor Week is among them, one of five nominations in the Best Education and Knowledge Sharing category. “In only its second year, the competition received 95 entries from 22 countries, reflecting the international reach of Vinexposium's initiatives. As for the shortlisted entries, they come from 12 different countries,” says Vinexposium CEO, Rodolphe Lameyse. The full list in the category is: France - Cité du Vin Permanent Exhibition: The heart of the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, updated in 2023, with more focus on winemakers and climate issues. France - Comité Champagne - Champagne Specialist Course: An innovative education program available at 15 partner centres across 9 countries. USA - California Wine Institute - CAPSTONE CALIFORNIA: A comprehensive certification and education program available online and in-person in 9 languages. France - Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) Bootcamp: 3 intensive days of masterclasses, workshops and tastings led by top wine & beverage. UK - The Gérard Basset Foundation inc. Bordeaux Mentor Week: the world’s leading charitable foundation, active in 15 countries and funding Bordeaux Mentor Week, an immersion boot camp. Congratulations to all - we are OVER THE MOON and totally honoured to be among you. Vinexposium Chinedu Rita ROSA #bordeauxmentorweek Gérard Basset Foundation IWSC - Club Oenologique Wine Scholar Guild Nina Basset FIH Romané Basset Christian Holthausen Jean-Christophe Meyrou #wineeducation #mentoring #bordeauxmentorweek #vinexpoparis #wineparis #vinexposium

Very much looking forward to joining the Women in Wine LDN for this event early next year. Repost from their account, and thank you for such kind words, as follows; We are delighted to announce that our next event will be a conversation and tutored tasting with the Queen of Bordeaux, Jane Anson! Jane will be joining us to discuss her latest project - the release of 3 beautiful maps, each showing the varied soils and topography of Bordeaux. Swipe to see the maps in a bit more detail, along with a WIWL promocode. They'd make the perfect Christmas gift (even for yourself) so get your orders in quick! Jane's formidable reputation in the industry shows that dedication to the detail can reap huge rewards for a career in wine. We'll be asking Jane about her decades long career, the changing role of a wine critic, and what the future looks like for Bordeaux - as well as asking her some of your burning questions too. Tickets will go quick for this, become a member through the link in bio for priority notice (via email) when tickets are released. Thanks to Bibendum Wine for supporting this event. #womeninwineldn #winemapping #winemaps #community #winegroups #insidebordeaux #wineevents

It’s Sunday evening, and it is again time for the Bordeaux Advent Calendar 2024 rundown - here is week 2 letting you know all in one place the next 7 wines selected for the countdown! 🥁🔔 December 8: Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2018 December 9: Château LANGOA BARTON 2016 December 10: Château Doisy Daëne 20II December 11: Château Beychevelle 2010 December 12: Château Grand Village Blanc 2021 December 13: Château Latour Martillac 2020 December 14: Alter Ego de Palmer 2020 I hope you are enjoying this week’s selection. Tasting notes are on the site...📝🍷 67 Pall Mall #bordeauxadventcalender #wineadventcalendar #janeanson #67pallmall #insidebordeaux #advent #merrychristmas

Each one of our Top 50 Wines of the Year 2024 can be opened and shared right now. Narrowing things down further to one overall Wine of the Year was tough, and I hesitated particularly over selecting the wines from my 2009 and 2010 report that was easily one of the highlights of my tasting year. In the end, I decided to choose from the stunning 2005 vintage that is starting to fully flourish at 20 years old – and as 2025 marks its two decade point, it’s a great reminder that the best vintages in Bordeaux often require patience. And the wine chosen from the 2005 vintage, as overall wine of the year? Domaine de Chevalier 2005, a bottle that is full of joy. Combine the brilliant vintage with the winemaking team of Chevalier – owner Olivier Bernard, sons Hugo and Adrien, and longtime director Rémi Edange – and you have everything in place for pure magic. This 2005 got 97 points on my most recent tasting. Succulent, moreish, cassis, gunsmoke, crayon, graphite, liquorice, black cherry, cassis, crushed mint, it more than deserves its loyal following. All top 50 wines are on the site now - a subscription would make a wonderful Christmas gift. Domaine de Chevalier #wineoftheyear2024 #insidebordeaux #bordeauxwine #winelovers #wineeducation #winegifts🎁🍷