BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Builders sent in to renovate an 18th century chateau in western France's Bordeaux wine region reduced it to rubble instead, according to the Russian owner of the property.

HGTV has been in the midst of announcing an iconic lineup of new and returning shows. And this is no ordinary HGTV series. It follows a couple working to renovate a historic castle. Yup, a castle!

This beautifully renovated 19th-century house, in the Bordeaux wine-growing region of Entre-Deux-Mers, sits on nearly 9 acres of forest and meadow that may once have been covered in grapevines. “The ...

In this reality, you’re sipping a glass of Bordeaux (paid for with the change from your bog-standard terraced house in London ...