Blended, varietal, (Bordeaux Wines) which is better?

Blended, varietal, which is better?
WHEN a label shows percentages of, for example, Chardonnay, Shiraz etc, what do they represent? Also what does a varietal wine mean? and does it matter? These are some of the questions that have come up.
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FRANCE: Bordeaux launches US$7.6m ad push
The Conseil Interprofessionel du Bordeaux (CIVB) has launched a EUR6m (US$7.6m) publicity plan to promote Bordeaux wines until the end of next year. The campaign, created by GAD/Saatchi, consists of poster and press advertising, and will start in the UK, Belgium and Germany this November and December.
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Vintage Seaver
CALISTOGA, Calif. - Dawn is breaking on what is expected to be another sunny, 100-degree day in the Napa Valley, as 61-year-old Tom Seaver, clad in blue denim, long-sleeved work clothes, a pair of clippers attached to his belt, strolls purposefully through rows of grape vines that extend some 500 feet up a gradual slope facing due south.
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Bordeaux: Estates That Beat 2003's Heat

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Former Wine Business Owner Sentenced for Fraud
The former owner of an upscale Long Island wine business has been sentenced to one year in jail for defrauding customers out of $500,000. Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Barry Silver of Kings Park was also sentenced to one year of home detention when he gets out of jail.
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Former Owner Of Upscale L.I Wine Business Sentenced For Fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, Long Island -- The former owner of an upscale Long Island wine business has been sentenced to one year in jail for defrauding customers out of more than $500,000.
Source: www.wnbc.com

Paris Tasting 'discredited': rival
In a bid to rival the Judgement of Paris tastings, a group of wine tasters called the Grand Jury Europ en is to hold a tasting of Napa Valley and Bordeaux wines next week.
Source: www.decanter.com