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Sat 05 May 2008Another case for Bergerac
WINE:Fancy a Bordeaux, but don't like the price? There's an alternative that can be every bit as good, writes John Wilson
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE is making better wine than they did a decade ago; but if I had to give a "Most-Improved Award" to just one region, it would probably go to the southwest of France. Arguably this is not one, but two or even three distinct districts, shoe-horned by the authorities into one uncomfortable mass. But for me, the southwest has some of the best-value wines to perk up the most jaded palate.
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