Wine 101: Fine Wine II: Sur Souche
While fine wine is typically investment-worthy bottles, the term is often tossed around in marketing, making its definition rather nebulous and tough to pin down. To truly understand what fine wine is, we must look to the region that started it all: Bordeaux.
In the mid-1800s, France’s Bordeaux region was working to establish itself as the home of some of the best wines in the world. Unfortunately, several tariffs were in place that hindered trade between France and other parts of Europe, especially Great Britain. But that all changed with the signing of the Anglo-French commercial treaty of 1860. Although the treaty was established to open up the gin trade, it also allowed winemakers in Bordeaux to export their fine wines to other countries. Demand for these wines continued to increase, and it wasn’t long before people in Great Britain were putting money down for Bordeaux wines that hadn’t even been made yet.
On this episode of “Wine 101,” we’re rolling back the clock to the mid-19th century to discuss how the term “fine wine” first manifested and set the standard for how we define it today. Tune in for more.
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“Wine 101” was produced, recorded, and edited by yours truly, Keith Beavers, at the VinePair headquarters in New York City. I want to give a big old shout-out to co-founders Adam Teeter and Josh Malin for creating VinePair. Big shout-out to Danielle Grinberg, the art director of VinePair, for creating the most awesome logo for this podcast. Also, Darby Cicci for the theme song. And I want to thank the entire VinePair staff for helping me learn something new every day. See you next week.
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