The barrel cellar at Chateau de la Dauphine, Fronsac, Bordeaux

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Château de la Dauphine is in the region of Fronsac, just to the west of Saint Emilion, in Bordeaux in France. It belongs to the French business man Jean Halley who bought the chateau from the Moueix family in 2001. The Halleys (Jean and his son Guillaume) have invested massively in renovating the vineyards and the chateau (that is now a magnificent building to receive visitors) and have built a new chai (winery facility).

Chateau de la Dauphine is located in Fronsac and Canon Fronsac (which they no longer use though), two small and not so well known wine districts close to Saint Emilion. The vineyards are planted with traditional Bordeaux grape varieties: merlot, cabernet sauvignon, and cabernet franc. The wine maker, Bernard Lamaud, has great ambitions for his wines and makes excellent claret in a modern style. The Halley family has made a fortune in retail and it is clear that they know a thing or two about how to market and sell their wines.

The property is relatively small, only 19 hectares. Looking at the winery and the investments one would easily think that it is a big vineyard. Instead, it is moderate in size, very skilfully run and relatively moderately priced.

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A bunch of ripe semillon grapes (Despagne Vineyards and Chateaux, Bordeaux)

Bunches of ripe grapes. Semillon. Despagne Vineyards and Chateaux, Bordeaux, France

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The Despagne winemaking family is established in the Bordeaux area since over two centuries. Their base is the Chateau Tour de Mirambeau. They own five different properties and make over 1.5 million bottles of wine each year. The company is today run by the three children of Jean-Louis: Thibault, Gabriel and Basaline.

The domains / wineries where they make wine are: Chateau Mont Perat, Chateau Tour de Mirambeau, Chateau Rauzan Despagne and Chateau Bel Air Perponcher. They have a fifth wine label called Girolate which is a project to make an exclusive top-of-the-range wine. Girolate is a 10 ha vineyard planted with merlot on a soil similar to the one found in Saint Emilion. For this wine they spare no effort, e.g. fermenting the wine in oak barrels (which is not easy for a red wine). Their ffull range includes red, white as well as sweet white wines. Their vineyards are planted with the traditional Bordeaux grape varieties: cabernet sauvignon and franc, merlot for the red wines, and sauvignon blanc, sémillon and muscadelle for the white wines. In the vineyards they use both mechanical (machine) harvest and manual harvest. For the vinification in the wineries they use both stainless steel tanks, other types of fermenting vats and oak barrels.

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It's not a rock band. It's the harvest team. Or maybe they do that too. (Chateau Lapeyronie, Cotes de Castillon)

The team of harvest workers. Chateau Lapeyronie, Cotes de Castillon, Bordeaux, France

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Chateau Lapeyronie is in the sub-appellation of Cotes de Castillon in the Bordeaux wine region. It is a smallish area with just under 3000 ha. The vines planted in the vineyards are mostly merlot, cabernet sauvignon and franc, and malbec grape varieties.

Chateau Lapeyronie is owned and run by Helene Lapeyronie, who is both winemaker and cellar master. It's a small vineyard with only some 2.5 ha of vines. She has acquired a solid reputation of making high quality wines in this otherwise rather unknown appellation. The winemaking is very hands on. A small team of harvest workers bring in the grapes. Harvest is manual - grapes are cut with secateurs. Grapes are crushed and then put in small stainless steel fermentation vats where fermentation and maceration takes place. This is followed by some time for the wine in oak barrel.

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Destemmed cabernet franc (Chateau Reignac, Bordeaux)

Harvested grapes. Grape reception at the winery. Cabernet Franc. Chateau Reignac, Bordeaux, France

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The Chateau de Reignac wine estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the Libournais in Bordeaux. It was bought some years ago by Yves and Stephanie Vatelot who started a massive renovation of the winery and investment program (having previously made a fortune as an inventor and industrialist helped). The Chateau Reignac is located in what is nominally a rather humble appellation but the Vatelots had bigger ambitions than that. Their intention is to make a wine that can compete on the same table, so to say, with the best of what Bordeaux has to offer. The winemaking is ambitious and modern. They are experimenting with e.g. vinification of the red wines in barriques a painstaking and time consuming way of fermenting the red wine in small barrels (Cuvee Balthvs). The property has 80 hectares of vineyards planted on limestone and clay soil.

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Early morning in the vineyard (Chateau Pey la Tour, Bordeaux)

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Chateau Pey la Tour is in the part of the Bordeaux wine country that is called Entre-deux-Mers. It is a district that is mainly known for its white wines but they also make excellent red wines under the Bordeaux appellation. Chateau Pey la Tour winery is owned by one of Bordeaux's biggest wine merchants (négociants), Vins et Vignobles Dourthe. It used to be called Chateau La Tour (or Latour) but the name was changed a few years back. (Perhaps to avoid lawsuits from a more illustrious Bordeaux chateau?)

The vineyards are extensive: they cover 195 hectares. It produces red wines with the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur appellations. The grape vine varieties used are classic Bordelais: merlot (that dominates), cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, and a few plots of petit verdot.

Since Dourthe acquired Pey la Tour in 1990 they have invested heavily both in restructuring and replanting the vineyards and in the vinification facilities. The winery is now equipped with modern stainless steel fermentation vats and the latest winemaking equipment.

The chateau is also available as a conference centre and hotel.

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The insider's view of Bordeaux winemaking (Chateau Lestrille, Bordeaux)

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Chateau Lestrille is a family winery owned by the Roumage family. The winemaker is Estelle Roumage, with the help of her father Jean-Louis. It is located in in the village of Saint Germain du Puch in the Entre deux Mers wine region, in the centre of the Bordelais wine country, a short drive from Bordeaux city. The vineyards include traditional Bordeaux grape varieties: merlot, cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc and gris, sémillon and muscadelle. The vines are an average of 20 years old. The winery is in the centre of the village and is equipped with modern temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, as well as traditional concrete vats. They sometimes use micro-oxidation as well as other modern vinification techniques. Some of the red wines are aged in oak barrels (barriques). They make both red wine, white wine and rosé with the appellations Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Entre-deux-Mers.

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Welcome to the chateau! (Chateau de Haux, Bordeaux)

Chateau de Haux, Bordeaux, France

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The Chateau de Haux estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the Libournais in Bordeaux. Flemming and Peter Jørgensen bought Chateau de Haux in 1985. The vineyard was in poor shape and the chateau itself was in ruins. They were in for plenty of work to put things in order. Now both the red and the white wines are among the best in the district. To finance the development they founded a company where wine enthusiasts can buy shares and get a return in wine and also get the opportunity to stay at the chateau. the vineyards surround the chateau itself. The main building is a beautifully restored chateau of a size that would be just perfect to live in... Winemaking is classic, with fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The range of wines includes both red (the majority of the production), rosé and white.

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Veraison - the changing of colour (Chateau de Castelnau, Bordeaux)

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The Chateau de Castelneau is a old family property in the heart of Bordeaux (Gironde, France), in the Entre-deux-Mers between the rivers Dordogne and Garonne. It belongs to the family of Vicomte Loïc de Roquefeuil. The chateau itself is a fortified edifice that dates back to the 14th century. It has two impressive corner towers. The Roquefeuil family consists of the viscount Loic, his wife Diane de Roquefeuil, and their children Gasppard, Léonore, Emilion, and Elvire.

The Castelneau estate extends over some 100 hectares of which 30 ha are vineyards, 23 ha of red wine grape vines and 7 ha of white grapes. The red varieties that are used are merlot, cabernet franc, and cabernet sauvignon. The merlot is the most planted grape variety (reflecting the whole of the Bordeaux wine producing region). the white grapes are sauvignon blanc, semillon and muscadelle. They have recently planted the unusual grape variety noir de pressac.

Chateau de Castelneau makes five different wines: a rosé, darkly coloured in the tradition of Bordeaux 'clairet', two whites and two reds.

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An old cabernet franc grape vine (Chateau Belle Garde, Bordeaux)

Old vine. Stony. Bunches of ripe grapes. Cabernet Franc. Chateau Belle-Garde, Bordeaux, France

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The Chateau Belle-Garde estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the Libournais in Bordeaux. The vineyards extend over some 45 hectares, mainly planted with red grape varieties: merlot, cabernet franc, and cabernet sauvignon. Today it is owned and managed by Eric Duffau. The Chateau Belle Garde has been in the family sine 1850. Winemaking is classic, with fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The range of wines includes both red (the majority of the production), rosé and white.

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Mommy, I shrunk the house! (Arcachon, Bordeaux)

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Arcachon is an hour away from Bordeaux. It is situated in the Bassin d'Arcachon and so protected from the Atlantic winds. It is a familiar place to anyone who likes oysters but Arcachon is of course also a big holiday resort for the French.


The town itself has around 12 000 inhabitants and probably a lot more in the summer. Its big attraction is the long, beautiful and sandy coast and all the seafood restaurants. Arcachon is famous for its oysters and mussels but a lot of fish is also caught in the waters outside its coast.


If you get tired of the beach you can have a pleasant walk through la Ville d'hiver (the Winter Town) with its many grand and fanciful villas, built around 100 years ago.

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Why is it called "Brand"? (Turckheim, grand cru, Alsace)

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Brand is a famous Grand Cru vineyard in Alsace. It is situated outside of the village of Turckheim, a small, pretty town, a few kilometers north of Colmar.

The total area of Brand is 57.95 hectares. The vines are planted on steep slopes. The combination of granite soil and good sun exposure give excellent wines made from the three Alsace grape varieties riesling, pinot gris and gewurztraminer. The grape most suited to the Brand terroir is pinot gris.

The famous Domaine Zind Humbrecht makes one of the most well known wines from Alsace Grand Cru Brand.

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A vineyard next to the Riquewihr village in Alsace

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Riquewihr is the most visited of the picturesque towns in the wine region of Alsace. In this fairytale town of 1200 inhabitants 90 % of the houses were built before 1640 and the whole town is classed as a historical monument.

Riquewihr is situated on the Alsace Wine Route (Route de Vin) only a few kilometres north of Colmar.


In the very well preserved medieval town of Riquewihr, with its old city wall still intact, you can go for romantic strolls in the cobbled streets, lined with cafes and restaurants where you can try the local gastronomic food and the wines of Alsace. The local pastries are well known! Try them with a glass of Alsace Vendange Tardive.


Some very famous Alsace wine producers are located in Riquewihr, for example Dopff au Moulin, Hugel and Dopff et Irion.

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