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Le Weekend in…. Eauze

Part of our series featuring places for a short stay in the in France we visit the Gers, South West France.

Le Weekend in…Eauze

Where to stay? Domaine de Lauroux at Manciet. Domaine de Lauroux, situated 2km from the town of Manciet.where Karen and Richard Kitchener run a wine and Armagnac domaine in the Cotes de Gascogne.

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April 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: 32 Gers, Armagnac and Cognac, B&B,Chambres d'Hote, Cotes de St Mont, France, FrenchFood, Gites/Villas, Le weekend in....., Madiran, Markets, Midi Pyrenees, Pacherenc du Vic Bilh, Paris North East, Rhone wines, Roads/Autoroutes, South West France, Vineyards, Wine Festivals | Leave a comment

Get a taste of Armagnac from Domaine de Lauroux

[ October 24, 2008 to October 26, 2008. ] [caption id="attachment_1215" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Lauroux vineyards in the Gers in winter"][/caption]

Nick and Karen Kitchener will be in London exhibiting their wines (Cotes de Gascogne and Floc) and Armagnacs at The Wine Show to be held at the Business Design Centre, Islington on 23-26 October. (Stand C35-4 in the Wine Market on the 3rd floor). It

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October 7th, 2008 | Category: 32 Gers, Armagnac and Cognac, B&B,Chambres d'Hote, Cotes de Gascogne, France Events, Gites/Villas, Vineyards | Leave a comment

Gascony Wine Fair in Eauze – 26 July 08

[ July 26, 2008; ] The Vignerons Independants (independent wine makers) of the Vins de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne hold their annual wine festival in the town of Eauze (32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees) on 26 July 2008. More than 50 winemakers will be offering tastings. The Cotes de Gascogne is best known for making light fruity whites wines (90% of

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June 28th, 2008 | Category: 32 Gers, Armagnac and Cognac, Cotes de Gascogne, France Events, South West France, South West France wines, Wine Festivals | Leave a comment

A summer in Gascony by Martin Calder

Duck, Goose, Foie Gras, Cassoulet, Madiran, Armagnac and all the other good rich produce of the land feature in Martin Calder’s book A Summer in Gascony: Discovering the Other South of France which offers a good summer read if you are interested in absorbing a bit of “la France profonde”.
This is the story of a

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June 24th, 2008 | Category: 31 Haut-Garonne, Armagnac and Cognac, France Restaurants, FrenchFood, Madiran | Leave a 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

Cognac and Pineau des Charentes from Deau

Maison Deau’s cellars are situated near Gemozac in the Charentes, between the town of Cognac and the sea.
This is a long-established family Cognac house, which until recently sold most of its production to one of the major marques in Cognac, but has now decided that it is proud enough of the quality of

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May 27th, 2007 | Category: 17 Charente-Maritime, Armagnac and Cognac, Cognac Armagnac, Gardens, fortified wines | Leave a comment
 
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