The Origins of En Primeur

By Jean-Guillaume Prats
Posted: Monday, March 19, 2007

What is the en primeur system and what is its purpose? Many of you might find it hard to understand this 50-year-old system of selling wines in Bordeaux. After the second World War, most of the ch&.....

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