$12, Red, Still, France. Tasting note for this wine: The licorice root, smoldering chestnut and bay leaf and …See the full review, with rating and when to drink!

I know France well, and had certainly tasted some fine Médoc wines in the past. But, true confession: Before a trip there last fall, I honestly couldn’t have pinpointed the region on a map ...

$20, Red, Still, France. Tasting note for this wine: Sports an extroverted core of mulberry and black cherry …See the full review, with rating and when to drink!

On this occasion though, I wasn’t alone: I was taking on the legendary Marathon du Medoc, 26.2 miles through the vineyards of Bordeaux with 23 wine-tasting stops, live music and compulsory fancy ...

Chateau Senejac is now managed by Nancy Bignon Cordier and her husband, Jean-Paul Bignon and their children. Charles de Guigne was both 100% American and 100% French.