[lepton]

“Easy access to superior wine from Bordeaux.”

Except that during the MWP, the complaint was that the British wines were substantially cutting into the French market...even in France.

[Michael.SF.]

Wow, this is a blast from the past!!

;)

Point of interest: Wine Author Hugh Johnson, has a book: "World Atlas of Wine"

I have a copy from 1975 and also an updated version from 2010 (I think, I am not at home so cannot confirm).

The book is an excellent wine reference book, one I highly recommend. In the opening section he has a map of Europe with the 'Noble wine' regions listed:

Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone and others. It also lists very specific section within those regions, such as in Burgundy, he references 'Mer Sault', 'Mont Rachet' and others.

The spellings are old, but the names are recognizable. The list is, if I recall correctly from the Roman era.Even then, they knew which lands produced the best wines.

If you are not familiar with the book, I think you will find it of interest.