My Summer Favorite



Pair a glass of chilled, white Bordeaux with a hot, humid Birmingham summer.

By Jan Walsh

Photography by Beau Gustafson

Excluding Champagne, white Bordeaux has been my favorite white wine for many years. I look forward to a well-chilled glass of Chateau Graville-Lacoste at the end of a long, hot day.

The French wine region of Bordeaux is most famous for their classic growths of dry red wines— blended of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes—and sweet dessert wines including Château d' Yquem. Yet they also produce world-class white wines, white Bordeaux.

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