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Buying Bordeaux to Drink Not Keep

France is one of the oldest wine producing regions in Europe and is the world's largest producer by value. Despite some small exports from Bordeaux, until about 1850 most wine in France was consumed locally. People in Paris drank wine from the local vineyards, people in Bordeaux drank Bordeaux, those in Burgundy drank Burgundy, and so on throughout the country. Then, in 1855 at the request of Emperor Napoleon III in preparation for the Great International Exposition in Paris, a regional appellation system was developed for the Médoc. At the request of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, the Union......