Europe’s Rising Star: Bordeaux

Visitors once just glanced over Bordeaux‘s stately 18th-century squares and harmonious architecture before heading out of town. The wine cellar at L’Intendant, a wine shop in downtown Bordeaux (Photograph by Gianluca Santoni / Sime / EStock Photo) The Route des Châteaux, running north from the UNESCO-listed city’s center, winds through the Médoc wine region, past a roster of famed chateaus—Latour, Margaux, Lafite Rothschild. But Bordeaux now uncorks more reasons to linger in the city. A revitalized riverfront makes an increasingly popular port of call for international…
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