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If you're new to <b><font color="7d0000">BordeauxVin,</font></b> mostly you won't find wines you've ever heard of.
Why? Because we only stock selected fine small 'Estate' wines,
those made by the market gardens of the world. Great wine made by people who have an invested
in making good wine, wines where the people involved in making and bottling the wine are the same
people who tended the grapevines in the vineyard that make the wine. At <b>
<font color="7d0000">BordeauxVin</font></b> we know the intimate details and the background of every
great wine we sell online. <br>
It's very easy to feel lost when looking a supermarket shelves full of row upon row of wine, it's not surprising. Just taking Bordeaux as an example, it has over 8,000 vineyards in an area just 35 miles across, so it's no wonder most people have not heard of 99% of the worlds wines. <br>
Let us guide you through our quality wines, you can be assured that every white and red wine has been hand selected for it's quality and value for money.
Enjoy browsing the site, and remember, which ever way you look at it, you won't be disappointed with buying your
select red and white wines online from <span class="style4 style3"><b>BordeauxVin.</b></span>
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- an online wine store with a difference<br>
Select Estate Red and White Wines at Quality Prices online</span></p>
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Whilst there is no doubt the popularity of wine has been good for the wine industry, the global increase in demand for wine has brought in the 'margin' men, (supermarket buyers), who have forced the industrialisation of a craft. Great wine is not something that can be built on a production line 24/7, too many other 'natural' elements influence the overall process, from the amount of rainfall and sun the grapes have received, to the amount of natural yeast present of the grape skins.The difficulty today comes in 'Supply and Demand', and can be understood by simply looking at the output figures from a typical traditional vineyard in say Bordeaux. The best of Bordeaux vineyards can only produce about 200,000 bottles a year, yet a large UK supermarket chain will require at least 300,000 bottles per year to be able to stock that wine on the shelves of all of its UK stores. So, on a world-wide basis, it's the big industrialised producers that can supply wine of a predictable quality from a consistent climate, year in year out, that attract the supermarkets. These producers draw on diverse vineyards, usually from a huge geographical area, helping them produce literally millions of bottles of wine a year. <br>
This system has created a great raft of 'branded' wines produced in vast quantity in stainless steel tanks, and sold as soon as they are made. The skilled wine grower chooses the right vine for his soil and climate, one grape variety may like the hilly slope at one end of the vineyard another the gravely soil at the bottom. And after he has taken great patience in the care of the vine and harvest of the grapes, he will then use great skill to blend the grape varieties to produce the best tasting wine, each variety bringing a different character to the whole. The blend will even alter from year to year depending on what effect the climate has had on the vine and each variety of grape.<br>
Whilst the Industrialised wine is shipped as soon as possible, a good wine will sit in oak casks and age for 12-18 months, before bottling, a process which doubles production costs but adds true character to the wine.<br>
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<span class="styleprice">A truly good wine takes time and care, something I hope you'll find in the wines we sell.<br>
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