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This weekend, Bordeaux is organizing its 4th Weekend Great Amateurs, intended to introduce the wines of Bordeaux to the greatest number of fans.

Saturday all day, at Hangar 14 in Bordeaux, more than 100 owners of Grand Cru welcome you to make you taste two vintages of their own (and the 2006 vintage from 1998 to 2005) and share with them their love of wine. This tasting, usually reserved for members of the press and distribution, allows us to appreciate the subtleties of the Grands Crus Bordeaux, while interacting with those who breed and raise them.
The tasting takes place at Hangar 14, a special reception area, located downtown and along the Garonne, overlooking the Port of the Moon.

In the evening, the young owners of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux take the baton and invite you to a fashionable party reserved for 18-35 years at Cap Sciences, Bacalan dock. The oldest will go to bed, unless some one of you are organizing an "off" ... why not.

Sunday will be devoted to further explore the castles to choose according to several circuits and other entertainment themes of the genre.

Long list of castles that will be tasting Saturday: Angelus, The Balestard of Mourlin, Carbonnieux, Chasse-Spleen, Citran, Clarke, Clerc Milon, Climens, Clinet, Cos Labory , Coufran, Coutet, Croiset-Bages, D'Angludet, D'Armailhac, Dassault, Dauzac, De Chantegrive, Domaine de Chevalier, Fargues, De Fieuzal, France, Lamarque, De Rayne Vigneau, Desmirail, Doisy-Daëne, Doisy-Védrines, Du Liberal, Haut-Bailly, Haut-Bergey, Kirwan, The Cabin, The Conseillante The Couspaude, Dominica, La Laguna, La Louviere, La Pointe, La Tour Blanche La Tour Carnet, La Tour de By, La Tour Figeac, LABEGORCE, Lafaurie - Peyraguey, Lafon - Rochet, Lagrange, Langoa Barton, Larcis Ducasse, Larmande, Larrivet-Haut-Brion, Lascombes, Martillac Latour, Leoville Barton, Leoville Poyferre, The Carmelites Haut-Brion, Lynch-Bages, Lynch- Moussas, Malartic-Brion, Malescasse, Marquis de Terme, Maucaillou, Monbrison, Nairac, Olivier, Ormes De Pez, Pope Clement, Pavie-Macquin, Little Village, Phelan Segur, Pichon-Longueville, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Caillou Picque , Pontet-Canet, Poujeaux, Prieuré-Lichine, Rahoul, Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan Gassies, St. Peter, Sigalas-Rabaud, Siran, Smith Haut-Lafitte, Suduiraut, Talbot, Troplong Mondot, Trottevieille, Clos Fourtet.