Château Cordeillan-Bages: The Pillowy Side To A Médoc Winery

I know France well, and had certainly tasted some fine Médoc wines in the past. But, true confession: Before a trip there last fall trip, I honestly couldn’t have pinpointed the region on a map, lying as it does between the Atlantic and the huge Gironde Estuary just north of Bordeaux.And now, I’m hooked on the Médoc, by the ever present networks of water, forest and vineyards that begin just a few minutes' drive from the Bordeaux airport. Everywhere you look, the spires and ornamented ...