Traveling to Bordeaux

[hotwine]

Your retailer is feeding you a line of B.S., Von. He just wants your business, pure and simple. Sure, a lot of the big names in Bordeaux export to the States (and to Japan), because those are the affluent markets that can pay top dollar. But a claim that "all of the good Bordeaux is sent to the States" is hogwash. Many fine small estates lack the production quantities to attract the interest of exporters (and importers on this end of the supply chain). Suggest you take the opportunity to sample as many as you can, from as many regions within Bordeaux that you can. Then make your own decisions. And welcome to the board, by the way.