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Exploring the White Quercy in South West France

Amanda Lawrence’s new bookWhite Stone, Black Wine: focuses on part of deepest South West France, and although subtitled ” Life Among the Ancient Vineyards of the Quercy Blanc” it is about so much more than wine, as important as this is. Quercy is the ancient name for an area which includes the departements of Lot

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November 9th, 2008 | Category: 46 Lot, 47 Lot et Garonne, Books Guides Images, Buzet, Cahors, Vineyards | Leave a comment

Chez Kelly – Stylish B&B near Bordeaux

It can be a bit of a surprise to discover just how cosmopolitan rural France can be – a tribute to its sheer attractiveness to many nations – so a small hotel/B&B run by a Dane and a New Zealander in a French chateau near Bordeaux could be an interesting combination with an intriguing mix

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September 11th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 47 Lot et Garonne, B&B,Chambres d'Hote, Bordeaux wines, Buzet, Cotes du Marmandais AOC, Côtes de Duras AOC, St Emilion, Vineyards | One comment

Domaine Chater and the wines of the Côtes de Duras

[ August 10, 2008; ]

 
The Bristol Wine and Food Fair (11-13 July 2008) seems to have been a great success – lots of interest and many interesting exhibitors, including the English-owned vineyard at Domaine Chater in the Côtes de Duras AC (47 Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine):-

Domaine Chater is a small vineyard that nestles in the rolling hills around the historic town

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July 14th, 2008 | Category: 47 Lot et Garonne, Côtes de Duras AOC, France Events, South West France wines, Winemakers | Leave a comment

Wine and Jazz in Montauban 3 July -9 August 2008

[ July 3, 2008; August 9, 2008; ] The elegant city of Montauban gets its streets filled with Jazz for its 5 week long Fesitval de Jazz from 3 July to 9 August 2008 – and there will be other attractions such as the opportunity to taste the wines of the Cotes de Brulhois AC which come from just south of Agen (47

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June 27th, 2008 | Category: 47 Lot et Garonne, France Events, South West France, South West France wines, Wine Festivals, music | Leave a comment

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

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
 
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