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📸 Photo diary: In Bordeaux for the start of the En Primeur campaign

Visiting Bordeaux for a few days for the panoramic tasting of the 2021 vintage.

Paul Caputo

29 Apr 2023 — 3 min read

Post Covid chaos prevented me from travelling to Bordeaux to join up with Millesima to celebrate winning a writing award in their annual competition, so it was with great pleasure another invite came to be part of their panoramic tasting of the 2021 vintage. Here are some of the trip.

Brilliant dinner with Andre Ribeirinho, Fabien Lainé and Marcus Din Mbedi

Next stop was Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion.

Dinner in the cellar.

Some shots from the main tasting event in the company's historic cellars.

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