{"id":13919,"date":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/how-twitter-can-teach-you-about-bordeaux-wine"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:42","slug":"how-twitter-can-teach-you-about-bordeaux-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/how-twitter-can-teach-you-about-bordeaux-wine","title":{"rendered":"How Twitter can teach you about Bordeaux wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bordeaux<\/span><\/a> is arguably the centre of the wine world. It spans the entire range of the market, from inexpensive to virtually priceless. Every good wine list in the world has a Bordeaux section, and \u201cBordeaux\u201d itself is perhaps the most recognisable wine brand there is.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Understanding Bordeaux<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bordeaux<\/span><\/a> seemingly has it all. But if there\u2019s one thing it sorely misses, it\u2019s <\/span>simplicity<\/b>. Try as they may, the <\/span>Bordelais<\/span><\/i> do not make it easy to understand exactly what\u2019s going on: With 120,000 hectares of vineyards, close to 60 distinct <\/span>appellations<\/span><\/i> and anywhere up to 10,000 individual producers, there is a lot to get your head around.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s before you get into <\/span>official classifications<\/span><\/a>: There are <\/span>six different classifications<\/b> or ranking systems covering the region, with the oldest dating back to the year 1855. Each has its own set of governing criteria, some are set in stone and others are updated periodically. These classifications cover all the finest and most expensive wines of Bordeaux, except for the <\/span>most<\/span><\/i> expensive Bordeaux wines, from Pomerol, which is not classified. <\/span>Naturally<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Still with us?<\/b><\/p>\n

Which is not to mention the <\/span>en primeur<\/span><\/i><\/a> system of selling wine as futures, the <\/span>Place de Bordeaux<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and intricate network of middlemen and women known as <\/span>courtiers<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>n\u00e9gociants<\/span><\/i> and agents that no outsider (and very few insiders) will ever truly understand! We could go on, but we\u2019ll leave it there. Hopefully you get the point: Bordeaux is a complex beast, perhaps unnecessarily so, and can be difficult to get a handle on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Learning about Bordeaux<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So, then, how can you learn about Bordeaux?<\/span><\/p>\n