UNLIKE the 1855 Medoc Bordeaux Classification, the St.-Emilion Grand Cru Classé Classifications, which started in 1955, and are updated every 10 years or so, has had its share of multiple dramas, ...

In doing so it joins two of other top ranked châteaux that dropped out of the same classification last year—Château Cheval Blanc and Château Ausone—although for different reasons. Considering that ...

One can say little about Château Cheval Blanc that has not been said already by someone, somewhere, sometime. But much of this commentary —centuries’ worth, in fact— bears repeating, if only for the ...

BORDEAUX (Reuters Life!) - Bitter tears are falling in some glasses of ruby red Saint-Emilion wines after a Bordeaux court confirmed an earlier ruling throwing out the latest classification of one of ...

This misconception is not false, provided it is understood in the plural sense of the term. The terms "grand cru" (a classification of high-quality vineyards) do correspond to precise definitions, but ...