Illustrations of Bordeaux Chateaux

[tim]

I saw this a couple days ago and thought it was too good not to share...

http://vinepair.com/wine-blog/15-beauti ... eaux-1867/

[AKR]

LLC seems a bit more modest than one would think.

[AlexR]

Tim,

I believe those engravings actually come from another book, "Grands Vins de Bordeaux" by M.P. Biarnez.

This was published in 1849 and is a truly wonderful book, including a trip through the Médoc in verse.

A complete facsimile version can be found here: https://books.google.fr/books?id=EUOU7R ... ez&f=false

I was lucky to find a first edition at a 2nd hand shop a couple of years ago. I am very proud of it .

All the best,
Alex .R

[Chateau Vin]

Generally speaking, the illustrations we see on the labels have the chateau and nearby surroundings. What's interesting in these book illustrations of the chateaux is that all the illustrations have people in them...

Nice and interesting...Thanks for sharing...

[JimHow]

Very nice indeed.

[dstgolf]

Nice historical prints Tim. The only issue that I see is there are still a few left out of the 15 posted that BWE has not officially visited. Looks like another trip is in order!!

[AlohaArtakaHoundsong]

LLC seems a bit more modest than one would think.

From what I understand, when the Leoville Pangaea was divided the agreement was that Las Cases got the best vineyards, Barton the best house and Poyferre the Parker scores.

[AKR]

[DavidG]

Very cool, thanks for posting Tim.

[tim]

I was looking at a couple of our 2015 trip pictures and I find it quite interesting how some things have changed and others have remained the same. Particularly Pichon Baron and Margaux.

[stefan]

Lovely pics. Thanks, Tim.