30 August 2026
Or how a short essay had a major impact on the future of Bordeaux wine grape varieties
Georges Bord published this essay in 1932.
Essai sur les variations de l'encépagement dans le vignoble bordelais, published by the Imprimerie de la Feuille Vinicole.
In this essay, he makes a case for the grape varieties that Bordeaux would later definitively adopt.
In this article, I detail the reasoning Georges Bord put forward to champion Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and other Sauvignons.
Would Bordeaux's grape varieties have been the same if this essay had not been published?
Hard to say.
In any case, an essential historical piece...
Or how a short essay had a major impact on the future of Bordeaux wine grape varieties →
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