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Bordeaux: 21 wines in the French Wine Guide Saint émilion - Médoc - Margaux - all Bordeaux wines   Geography of the Bordeaux region Bordeaux is near the Atlantic coast, in the south west of France. The Bordeaux wine region covers Gironde, an administrative department ( also a river) of the Aquitaine region. Bordeaux wine takes its name from the region's main city. However you cannot find vineyards in the city itself, the vineyards start at the boundaries of Bordeaux. The Bordeaux wine region wide spreads 60 miles around the city on the biggest estuary in Europe along 3 rivers (Gironde, Garonne, Dordogne) creating the appropriate setting for wine. The climate in Bordeaux is generally temperate with a short winter and a high degree of humidity generated by the close proximity of the Atlantic Ocean. Map of the Bordeaux wine region Bordeaux Region Information: Location: In the south west of France, near the Atlantic coast, around the city of Bordeaux Size: 10 725 km2 (size of the Gironde department) Gironde - where Bordeaux is - is the biggest department in France Weather: Oceanic and temperate with short, mild winters, quite hot summers, long autumns and a high degree of humidity generated by the Atlantic Ocean Population: 1,300,000 (population of Gironde) Main Cities: Bordeaux (220,000 - including county 700,000) Mérignac (63,000) Libourne (22,000) Bègles (22,000) Blanquefort (13,000) Places of Interest: Bordeaux (Palais Rohan, museums, wine shops) Wine Chateaux (grands crus classes) Pyla dune (highest sand dune in Europe: 500m, 1,650ft high) Arcachon (beach) Landes (forest 480,000 ha, 1.2m acres)   Read more about Bordeaux wines with Amazon.com: - Bordeaux: a comprehensive guide to the wines produced from 1961 to 1997, by Robert Jr. Parker More pages on Bordeaux: Bordeaux region About Bordeaux wine region: Bordeaux wine information - Bordeaux region information - wine map - winemaking - Bordeaux wine history - classification of wine - Bordeaux wines and food - Buy Bordeaux wines - Bordeaux main page Wines from Bordeaux: médoc - haut médoc - margaux - saint estèphe - pauillac - saint julien - listrac - moulis - graves - pessac léognan - sauternes - barsac - 1ères cotes de bordeaux - bordeaux aoc/bordeaux supérieur - entre deux mers - saint emilion - cotes de castillon - cotes de francs - pomerol - fronsac - cotes de bourg - wines of Bordeaux Other regions: Alsace - Bourgogne (Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West

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