Sauternes and Barsac, one of two subregions within the encompassing wine region of Graves, resides on the Left Bank of the Gironde River, south of the city of Bordeaux. The subregion is approximately 4,500 acres, producing 4.5 million bottles, on average, yearly. Sauternes and Barsac is famous internationally for its desert wines, which are powerful, […]
Pessac-Léognan is one of two subregions within the wine region of Graves, located southeast of the city of Bordeaux along the Left Bank of the Gironde River. Graves derives its name from the region’s extremely gravely soil. The region is unique in that it is the only Bordeaux wine region that produces red wine, dry […]
Graves is an area located southeast of the city of Bordeaux along the Left Bank of the Gironde River. It is comprised of two wine regions– Pessac-Léognan, and Sauternes and Barsac. Graves is named for the region’s extremely gravely soil. It is the only area in the Bordeaux that produces red wine, dry white wine, […]