SANKY SIPS: Bordeaux
Bordeaux . It might as well be the first and the last word in French wine. From Château Lafite Rothschild to Château Latour, the world’s finest wines are produced in this famed region of southwest France. The UNESCO listed city which gives the area its name has the highest concentration of preserved historic buildings anywhere in the country, and once you step outside the urban areas, every other field seems to be decorated with a castle or mansion. There’s good reason that they call the winding road through the Medoc vineyards Rue des Châteaux.
My wine weekend began in Bordeaux itself. The city
