The Problematic Future of Bordeaux's Wine Futures
Hi again, Top Shelf readers, especially you wine lovers. It's Elin McCoy, and I'm here with the latest wine news.
What's that about Bordeaux's annual en primeur circus? The mega collector who sued auction houses over counterfeit wines now unloading gems at one of them? Convivial chimps in Guineau-Bissau sharing booze? (Yes, that's really a thing.)
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