Study Bordeaux
Bordeaux, learned the way I learned it: a question at a time, from the roots up. There are 3 ways in here: the cards, the map drill and the guides.
3 ways in
The flash cards · 1198
5 levels, named for the ladder of 1855
Every card is a question from my own notes, with its answer hidden until you turn it. There are 1198 of them. The levels climb from Cinquième Cru, what everyone at the table is expected to know, to Premier Cru, where the examiner finds out who did the reading.
A round is 20 questions, drawn from the ones you know least. Score 85% or better and the next level opens. Your record stays in your browser.
The map drill · 40
The 6th level: point at it instead of saying it
The 5 levels ask you to say it. This one asks you to point at it. A name comes up, an appellation or a river, and you find it on the map of the Gironde, zooming in as far as you need. There are 40 names, and the map tells you whether you were right.
Bordeaux is stacked, and the drill knows it: asked for
The Quick Guides · 50
Bordeaux wines explained in quick study guides
The questions people actually ask, 1 a page, answered in the first line and explained in the rest, with the sources named. The answer I would give you across a table.
Compiled by Antonio “Guto” Assumpção, Master of Bordeaux, Wine Scholar Guild.