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Bordeaux

Graves region wineyard owners and professionals in the wine sector taste the 2012 production on April 8, 2013 in the hall of the Bordeaux stock exchange during the opening of the week of primeur in the southwestern French region. The primeur campaign attracts some 6,000 professionals from the wine sector to taste and order the 2012 production at better prices before they go on sale two years later.

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About Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with an estimated (2008) population of 250,082. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais.

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