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Discover Bordeaux and its wines at the Bordeaux Wine Festival

[ June 26, 2008; June 27, 2008; June 28, 2008; June 29, 2008; ] From 26 to 29 June 2008 , a “wine road” will run along the Garonne river from the historic city centre of Bordeaux through the heart of the Bordeaux region’s vineyards, with wine and local food tastings, son-et-lumiere, music and firework displays.

A €13.00 euro (£11) wine pass will buy you 12 wine tastings, while

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June 5th, 2008 | Category: 24 Dordogne, 33 Gironde, 47 Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, Bergerac, Bordeaux wines, Côtes de Duras AOC, France Events, FrenchFood, Vineyards, Wine Festivals | One comment

Getting around northern France – French style!

Another French icon, the Solex motorised bicycle used to be a common sight throughout France – although in earlier times it was powered by a noisy smelly little 2-stroke petrol engine. Something like 80 million Solexs were produced as a cheap form of transport after the Second World War.The original production line closed at

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May 31st, 2008 | Category: 16 Charente, 24 Dordogne, 37 Indre-et-Loire, 62 Pas-de-Calais, 75 Paris, 87 Haut-Vienne, Roads/Autoroutes | One comment

British Winemakers turned French Vignerons

Jancis Robinson in the Financial Times (12 May 08) talks about the growing number of Brits who have followed their dream and bought a vineyard in France.
It is hardly surprising then that a substantial proportion of the hundreds of thousands of Brits who own French property have been tempted by the apparently bucolic life of

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May 14th, 2008 | Category: 11 Aude, 24 Dordogne, 32 Gers, 33 Gironde, 34 Herault, 42 Loire, 47 Lot et Garonne, 69 Rhone, 84 Vaucluse, Armagnac and Cognac, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Cognac Armagnac, Coteaux du Languedoc, Cotes Roannaises, Cotes de Gascogne, Côtes de Duras AOC, Côtes du Rhône, France, Limoux, Saussignac, Vin de Pays d'Oc, Winemakers | 3 comments

A walk amongst Saussignac’s organic vineyards

[ May 8, 2008; ] The Saussignac appellation in the western part of the Bergerac vineyard (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) seems to be pioneering organic (bio) vineyards – interesting for an appellation which has only recently been revitalised. Saussignac wines are sweet dessert wines made from Semillon grapes subject to botrytis “noble rot”.

However on 8 May 2008 you could indulge in

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May 6th, 2008 | Category: 24 Dordogne, Bergerac, France Events, Saussignac, South West France wines | Leave a comment

Internal flights in France

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Information on domestic flights in France is not easy to come by, one reason being that Air France has such a dominant position in France and already have flights on most internal routes.
Plus the French market is not as competitive. The French Railway system between major cities is both fast and competitive, especially

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April 23rd, 2008 | Category: 06 Alpes-Maritimes, 08 Ardennes, 13 Bouches-du-Rhone, 19 Correze, 24 Dordogne, 29 Finistere, 31 Haut-Garonne, 33 Gironde, 34 Herault, 44 Loire Atlantique, 47 Lot et Garonne, 50 Manche, 64 Pyrenees Atlantiques, 67 Bas-Rhin, 69 Rhone, 75 Paris, 83 Var, 86 Vienne, Air, France | Leave a comment

Stay on an organic vineyard in Saussignac

The organic vineyard of Chateau Haut Garrigue in the village of Saussignac (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) near Bergerac has it all – a wonderful situation overlooking the Dordogne valley; a self-contained gite “The Grape Escape”, friendly English-speaking (well, Irish) hosts and a real opportunity to see and learn more about wine and wine-making (if that’s what

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March 18th, 2008 | Category: 24 Dordogne, Accommodation France, Bergerac, FrenchFood, Gites/Villas, Saussignac, South West France, Stay on a vineyard, Vineyards | Leave a comment
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