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Bordeaux Struggles to Be Hip

Many Wines Face The Challenge Of Relevancy
Posted: Mar 1, 2010 2:16pm ET

I opened two bottles of Bordeaux from the classic 2000 vintage recently, Cos-d'Estournel and Ducru-Beaucaillou, along with some iconic California reds from Williams Selyem, Hobbs and Araujo. Most of the wines showed very well, but the comparison led to a discussion of Bordeaux's struggle for relevance in today's global economy.

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