This is Episode 1B of the Bordeaux D3 Audible Cheat Sheets series and it builds directly on Episode 1A.

If Episode 1A explained how Bordeaux manages climatic risk in the vineyard and cellar, this episode explains how Bordeaux manages reputation, price, and scale in the market.

In Episode 1B: Appellations, Classification Systems, and the Wine Business, we cover:

- How Bordeaux’s appellation hierarchy structures volume, style, and price

- Why generic Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur dominate production

- How Left Bank and Right Bank appellations link directly to soil, climate, and grape choice

- What Bordeaux’s classification systems actually signal — and what they don’t

- Why Pomerol commands some of the world’s highest prices without a classification

- How la place de Bordeaux and en primeur shape cash flow, pricing, and risk

- Why Bordeaux operates as two parallel markets: volume wine and global fine wine

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