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If you’ve ever considered being part of the French wine harvest then have a look at RTE’s video on Chateau Haut Garrigue in Saussignac west of Bergerac – see www.rte.ie ………Continue reading Bergerac vineyard on Irish TV It was in the hot days of late June that we had the chance to call in on Caroline and Sean Feely at Chateau Haut Garrigue in Bergerac (24, Dordogne, Aquitaine), a warm and welcome memory on cold miserable winter days. An unlikely combination of Ireland, South Africa and rural France has created an organic ………Continue reading Wild and Organic in Bergerac [ September 26, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Now, I thought I knew Bergerac and its wines pretty well, having imported their wines from the earliest days of Allez Vins!, and numerous visits over the last 20 years or so. But truth be told, I probably know about a dozen vineyards in any detail, and I am a fan of the wines of ………Continue reading The Wines of Bergerac – a Tour de Force! The Lascaux Cave at Montignac (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) is rightly considered the most spectacular example of pre-historic cave painting in the World. Its fame and popularity led to the creation of a facsimile cave (Lascaux II opened in 1983) nearby to avoid further damage to the fragile environment of the original cave and paintings ………Continue reading Lascaux II winter closures Guy Cuisset at Chateau Grinou in Bergerac is an extraordinary winemaker – for years his wines took pride of place on the Allez Vins! wine list both with his “Tradition” wines for superb everyday drinking and his “Reserve” wines, oaked red and white wines of a premium quality but keenly priced (not to mention his ………Continue reading Chateau Grinou goes organic! [ July 19, 2008; July 20, 2008; ] Sigoules (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) (see map) south of Bergerac celebrates local wine production on the weekend of 19/20 July 2008 with its Foire aux Vins with all the usual activities including ceremonies, a church mass, banquets, folk music and dancing, concerts – and opportunities to taste the wine and food of the local area which ………Continue reading Wine Fair in Sigoules, Dordogne |
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