What It’s Like Being a Wine Critic During Bordeaux’s Big Week
No sleep! Tasting, chateau, another chateau, another chateau, party, next bottle.
During a previous year’s Bordeaux En Primeur, wine buyers participate in a tasting at Chateau Pontet-Canet in Pauillac.
Photographer: GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Image
Hi readers and wine lovers, it’s Elin McCoy, Bloomberg’s wine critic, again sharing my latest adventures.
I’ve been thinking about Bordeaux ever since I returned from an exciting—and exhausting—two sunny weeks covering the region’s annual spring En Primeur tastings, as I have for more than 20 years for Bloomberg. Thousands of importers and retailers from all over the globe gather to assess the last vintage while the wines are still aging in barrel. I was one of about 100 journalists scouting out the best to recommend to their readers.