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Jane Anson has lived in Bordeaux since 2003 and is author of Inside Bordeaux (BB&R Press 2020, called a ‘category buster’ by Wine Anorak and ‘the Bordeaux bible’ by Le Figaro), Haut-Bailly (First Press Editions 2021), Wine Revolution (Quarto 2017), The Club of Nine (Katz Publishing 2016) Angélus (Editions de la Martiniere, 2016) and Bordeaux Legends, a history of the 1855 First Growth wines (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2013, and re-released as an NFT ebook in 2022), as well as co-author or translator of over a dozen wine and travel books. She also became, in 2021, the only journalist to taste a bottle of Petrus that had spent 14 months circumnavigating the earth on the International Space Station. She has won several awards for her writing, including Louis Roederer Wine Online Communicator of the Year 2020, and Born Digital Best Editorial 2020. She is also winner of the IWSC 2023 Wine Communicator Trophy. Source

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Bordeaux Vineyard Prices: ‘Everyone impacted’

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FEATURES | Bordeaux economy The Fédération Nationale des SAFER recently published its annual study of the French rural land market, which includes the only statistics relating to the sales of vineyards and wine estates in France. Although there was an increase in the number of transactions (+6.9%) and the surface area changing hands (+28.9%) in 2025, the value of transactions in the Bordeaux region decreased by a further 23.8% in 2025, having fallen by 18.4% in 2024.
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This article gives a roundup of all wine news in the Bordeaux region for June 2026 including the heat wave
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An Economist View of Bordeaux 2025

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Connoisseur Week 2026: Behind the Scenes

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A picnic under the trees with Guillaume and Emma Thienpont at Vieux Château Certan, a dinner in the magnificent drawing rooms of Château Margaux with owner Alexis Menzelopoulos, a magical lunch of birth year wines in one of the most historic sites of the Right Bank. Just a few of the unforgettable experiences enjoyed during the 5th edition of the Connoisseur Week – the greatest party in Bordeaux.
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Pre-Order Bordeaux Chronicle: Peter Aaron and Jane Anson

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A richly woven portrait of Bordeaux and its legendary wines, pairing Peter Aaron’s rare photographic archive with Jane Anson’s authoritative perspective to illuminate the region’s dramatic evolution across more than five transformative decades, Bordeaux Chronicle presents a deeply evocative portrait of the world’s most celebrated wine region through the lens of photographer Peter Aaron and the authoritative perspective of writer Jane Anson.
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News Digest May 2026

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While on Saturday, 23 May, in Bilbao, the rugby club Union Bordeaux Bègles defeated Leinster to claim the Champions Cup for the second consecutive year, the vines are in full bloom in Bordeaux and growing quickly, so the growers are already performing the first trellising operation. There was some rain in May, so preventive treatments were necessary, but so far the vines look healthy and happy.
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The American Constitution, Beaulieu Vineyards, and Religious Exemptions

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by Don and Lisa Drakemen America’s New England founders are often recognised for something they didn’t invent — Thanksgiving — but not something they did — religious exemptions. Even less known is that a little wine knowledge can shed light on both things, and help deepen our understanding of the First Amendment. Religious Exemptions Let’s start with America’s first official religious exemption.
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Behind the headlines: is the failure of a barrel-leasing company the biggest story of the year?

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The judicial liquidation of a barrel leasing company might seem like a side show among the general crises that Bordeaux, and the wine world in general, faces right now. But it just might turn out to be the one with the longest-lasting impact. The H&A group is named after its two founders Richard Hardillier and Florent Arrouy. I first met up with them in 2013, when I wrote a piece for Decanter about this then fast-expanding company, based in Chartrons on the quayside of Bordeaux.
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Connoisseur Week Bordeaux 2027

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The Connoisseur Week Bordeaux will be held from June 8-13 2027, and is the sixth edition of the most sought-after and talked about wine experience in Bordeaux. This experience is being offered, by invitation only, to lovers and collectors of Bordeaux’s finest wines who wish to deepen their knowledge and relationship with the region.
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