Long reads

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The longer pieces. The Château Case Files put a claim Bordeaux repeats about itself on trial, 70 in all, and the articles take 1 subject the slow way, from the first book that mentions it to the last. Both name their sources to the page.

The Château Case Files

Bordeaux tells stories about itself. These are the ones I put on trial.

Case 01/70 FALSE

Can a wine buy its way to the top?
Case 02/70 FALSE

Was the Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe a fraud?
Case 03/70 CONFIRMED

Can a classified château die?
Case 04/70 CONFIRMED

Can a château come back from the dead?
Case 05/70 MOSTLY TRUE

Does great wine need centuries?
Case 06/70 FALSE

Could the Classification be appealed?
Case 07/70 LEGEND

Does a château need a classification?
Case 08/70 FALSE

Does the Classification rank the soil?
Case 09/70 CONFIRMED

Can a name outlive the man?
Case 10/70 MIXED

Is there a second Margaux?
Case 11/70 MIXED

Did one inheritance split Pichon in two?
Case 12/70 MOSTLY TRUE

Did the Revolution break up Léoville?
Case 13/70 CONFIRMED

Where is the château in Léoville Barton?
Case 14/70 LEGEND

Who said 'my heart is at Calon'?
Case 15/70 CONFIRMED

Were the twins of Margaux ever twins?
Case 16/70 CONFIRMED

Why did the baron de Brane sell Mouton?
Case 17/70 LEGEND

Did ships really lower their sails for Beychevelle?
Case 18/70 CONFIRMED

Was Cheval Blanc once part of Figeac?

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