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Already provoking argument and garnering significant attention in France and within the wine world, Vino Business is a astonishing and eye-opening book about the dark aspect of French wine by acclaimed investigative journalist Isabelle Saporta. While Bordeaux has been a bastion of winemaking traditions and excellence for years and years, in recent generations the industry has evolved dramatically consuming large-scale international traders. French insurance firms, international fashion houses, and Chinese businessmen are all speculating on the area's wines and land, some of whose value has increased tenfold in the last decade only. Saporta investigates at length the 2012 classification of the wines of Saint-Émilion, the most prestigious appellation of Bordeaux's right bank, which has come into disrepute, not least because the scoring system was evolved in order to give tips for a châteaux's lecture facilities and the size of its parking whole lot. A stunning exposé of the French wine world and a cri de coeur for the lost beliefs of traditional winemaking, Vino Business pulls back the drape on the secret domain of Bordeaux, a land ever more in thrall to the grapes of prosperity.
