Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bordeaux wine" in English language version.
[...] The Romans first intensively sponsored viticulture in Gaul in their province of Narbonensis, and it is unlikely to have extended beyond this Mediterranean-Rhône region until the first-century CE. [...] Vines were first recorded in Bordeaux in the first century CE.
[...] In the 13th century, Bordeaux became the main port for exporting wine to England, and its position has never faltered in the subsequent 800 years [...].
Bordeaux established a monopoly in the production, sale and distribution of wine to Great Britain.
A name originally given (like French vin clairet) to wines of yellowish or light red color, as distinguished alike from 'red wine' and 'white wine'; the contrast with the former ceased about 1600, and it was then used for red wines generally [...]. Now applied to the red wines imported from Bordeaux, generally mixed with Benicarlo or some full-bodied French wine.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
Bordeaux established a monopoly in the production, sale and distribution of wine to Great Britain.
