It is easy to forget just how extensive the Bordeaux wine region is: until a few years ago it made more wine than the whole of Australia, and it is still responsible for around one in every eight bottles of wine made in France. Read more

It is easy to forget just how extensive the Bordeaux wine region is: until a few years ago it made more wine than the whole of Australia, and it is still responsible for around one in every eight bottles of wine made in France. Red wine from Bordeaux is known in the UK as claret and while around half is simple Appellation Bordeaux Controlée the best examples are keenly sought-after by connoisseurs and collectors and are undoubtedly among the world's finest wines.