Phew what a scorcher! Vinexpo time...

It’s boiling hot in western Europe for the first time this year so it must be Vinexpo time. Today’s temperatures in Bordeaux are predicted to reach the mid 30s Centigrade and the 90s Fahrenheit, with humidity in the high 80s. What could be nicer therefore than sitting in a long line of cars on the Rocade ringroad inching towards the Bordeaux Lac exhibition centre?

Last night was arguably the grandest feast of the week: dinner at Ch d’Yquem and the first big event at the property since it was finally ceded to LVMH by the Lur Saluces family. Ken Hom was...