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472: Anthony Hanson Washed Burgundy's Dirty Laundry

I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk

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The Story of Brigandie Bordeaux and Champagne

I went to Bordeaux and got a job with a firm on the Qué des Châtrons called Schrodó and Schilaire. And then I got another job with another merchant in Bordeaux called Louis Echene. What I was involved in doing there was helping to rack the wines from one barrel to another so that you could put it into a clean barrel. When we'd filled up five barrels, we sort of ran out of wine. This was obviously a problem because we had to create six. So they used the wine which was used for topping up to make up the half barrel which was missing. It was an early example of how easy it is to mix

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