En Primeur
Chapter 3 - why I'm right, you're wrong, and the wine will turn up in a few years.
En Primeur
There is a way of buying claret that’s not in a shop. It's not even in a bottle. And the winemaker hasn't even finished making it. It's a curiously Bordeaux phenomenon called buying wine 'en primeur’.
The principle of buying wine en primeur is simple. It's essentially a form of wine futures. In the spring, you, the customer, buy the previous …
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