Bordeaux wines feel hangover from poor sales

The anti-corruption policy of the Chinese government has hit sales of expensive French wines. Photo: AFP

Sales of France's famous Bordeaux wines fell sharply last year, winemakers said, blaming a poor harvest in 2013 and rapidly slowing demand in China, its main export market.

A total of 685 million bottles of Bordeaux wine were sold in 2014 – an 8% drop on the previous year, according to the CIVB association of Bordeaux winemakers.