Arquivo / 49ª mostra

For over three centuries, Bordeaux has commanded an almost mythical status in the world of fine wines as a leitmotif of wealth, power and influence. But recent prices for the prestige red wines have been skyrocketing. Something unprecedented is happening to the Bordeaux fine wine market: the arrival of buyers from China. Just how good can really good wine be? What compels a cashed up industrialist to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single bottle? Is it taste, prestige or investment that is driving the demand for the wines of Bordeaux?