France’s Bordeaux wine region is home to some of the earliest made wine and some of the most expensive. When Washington wine producers first began marketing their premium wines in the early 1980s, maps were used to show the similarities in latitude between Washington State’s wine growing areas and France’s Bordeaux region. Today, the state’s growers and vintners stand on their own reputation, no longer wanting to ­emulate Bordeaux. An in-depth look at Bordeaux-style wines—what goes into the growing and making of French and Washington Bordeaux blends—was the focus of a session at the annual meeting of the Washington Association […]