L DE LAGARDE Rouge The Only Wine Made with Organic Grapes Featured at the 2010 American Wine Socie

Nov. 4, 2010 - PRLog -- The 43rd American Wine Society National Conference will be held November 11 – 13 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will feature outstanding wines, educational sessions, wine dinners, wine judging training, and tasting sessions. L DE LAGARDE BORDEAUX has the honor of being the only wine made with organic grapes to be selected for the prestigious Bordeaux Wine Tasting session which is expected to draw 500 attendees.

The tasting session will be conducted by Paul Wagner, Instructor at the Napa Valley College and Culinary Institute of America. The abstract for the session says:
“There is a fresh new breeze blowing through the wines of Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur, and this remarkable session brings these wines to life. Experience some of the best of the new generation of reds, whites and rosés from the most legendary wine region in the world. A tasting so good, we wanted to present it for all conference attendees.”

The Award-Winning Wines of Vignobles Raymond are grown in Entre-Deux-Mers in the Bordeaux region of France. The family property of the domaine du Château de Lagarde has been built up over the years by successive generations. Today, in order to look after their heritage, they carry on using a special mixture of ancestral tradition and the most efficient technology.

Because of winemaker Lionel Raymond’s strong beliefs and respect of environment and terroir, he converted the entire vineyard (321 acres) to certified organic agriculture.  L DE LAGARDE is one of very few organic winery initiatives in France, and is the most important ecological project by a French winery. Not only are the vineyards organic, but there is also close to an acre of green buildings on the land. The winery employs many energy conserving and ecologically friendly practices throughout production.

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