A new CEO for Vinexpo will be appointed before the fair organiser’s major biennial event in Bordeaux this May, it was announced this week.
Next week will usher in the now annual spring release of ex-cellar stock from Château Latour, the 2008 is expected to be offered but at what price will it ‘work’ – at least in theory?
Bordeaux winemaker and commentator Gavin Quinney’s analysis of the 2018 harvest reveals it was an average year overall in terms of yields but one where mildew pressure meant some communes came off worse than others.
What might happen, what could happen and what are the stakes for Britain’s fine wine brokers and merchants in the run-up to the Bordeaux 2018 en primeur campaign ahead of Brexit – and what implications does this have for lovers of fine wine in Britain?