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2016 looks like a great vintage for Bordeaux, but will politics affect prices?

The French elections, falling pound, and the triggering of Brexit could make it difficult to hawk wine outside of France.

Published Fri, Mar 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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Bordeaux

THE big wine story next week will take place in Bordeaux, where flags are already flying over turreted stone chateaux to welcome several thousand enthusiastic merchants and journalists.

They're swooping in from around the globe for en primeur, the region's famous annual spring ritual. (Some call it a circus.) From Monday to Friday, we'll all sip and spit hundreds of red, white, and sweet wines from the new 2016 vintage, still ageing in oak barrels, to evaluate how the wines are turning out.

The weather last year was, …

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