who says nothing ever happens in Bordeaux ?

Tomorrow sees the opening of our first Max Wine Gallery – slap-bang in the centre of Bordeaux, on the famous Cours de l’Intendance.

So, what’s a Wine Gallery?

The Wine Gallery is an informal, interactive space that offers a unique opportunity to taste some of Bordeaux’s most prestigious wines – wines that are ordinarily only available to a very lucky (and wealthy) few.

Unlike anything else that exists in Bordeaux, the Wine Gallery will allow you to make up your own tasting.

Forty-eight wines will be available at any given time from our six “enomatic” machines, the latest technology for keeping wines in optimum condition. It’s up to you whether you taste them all, go deep into a particular area, pick’n’mix from your favourites, or just pop in for a quick glass of something special after a hard day’s work. The Wine Gallery is what you make it.

We’re in the final furlong now. The official opening is tomorrow night and we’re all gripped by a mix of exhilaration and first-night nerves. I did toy with the idea of putting photos up on the blog before the big night, but I think that it’s best that you see the venue in all its (finished) splendour.

26 hours and counting …