In 2021 Bordeaux still yielded 377 million litres of wine.

Bordeaux: a tale of two cities

Gabriel Stone, 14.02.2023

Bordeaux is a powerful symbol of the affluent fine wine market. So why have its producers taken to the streets demanding a government bail out?

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It’s hard to square recent reports from Bordeaux of desperate vignerons, government bailouts and vine pulling schemes with the image of all those opulent châteaux, commanding eye-watering prices for their bottles. Surely two such contrasting scenarios cannot co-exist? Well, yes they can.

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