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[ April 17, 2009 to April 19, 2009. ] [caption id="attachment_1790" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Macon Salon des Vins"][/caption] The Salon des Vins at Macon (71 Saone-et-Loire, Rhone_) is one of the biggest and most important wine fairs in France – for the professional a medal from Macon is prized, whilst for the consumer it offers great choice of wines to taste. Even locally there is a ………Continue reading Macon wine fair 2009 Apart from producing excellent wines, Chablis (89 Yonne, Bourgogne) being the most northerly of the Burgundy Wine areas, it is also a pleasant small town with a weekly street market on Saturdays, ………Continue reading Chablis wine and Flower market [ April 5, 2009; ] On 5 April 2009 the small village of Bouzeron in Burgundy holds its annual Wine & parsleyed Ham (Jambon Persille) celebration: ………Continue reading Burgundy, Bouzeron & Persillé North Berwick-based French specialists Devigne Wines and Confit Direct have some interesting Christmas offers on Champagne and some lesser-known French Sparkling wines such as Cremants from Burgundy (Cremant de Bourgogne Chardonnay), Jura (Cremant de Jura Rosé made from the Poulsard grape), Gaillac in SW France (Mauzac and Len de l’El grapes), a Methode Traditionelle from ………Continue reading Christmas Sparklers from Confit Direct [ November 21, 2008 to November 23, 2008. ] [caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Domaine le Fort"][/caption] For the first time this November there will be a French Wine Growers Fair in London (21-23 November 2008 at the Barbican). The Salons des Vignerons Independents (Independent Winemakers Fairs) are well established in France and we usually try to get to one of the fairs in Lille, Strasbourg ………Continue reading France comes to London – French Wine Growers Fair An autumn Sunday afternoon in the depths of the Yonne departement (89 Burgundy) following the route of the Canal du Nivernais south from Auxerre towards Clamecy (58 Nievre) – a quiet, peaceful landscape where life follows a gentle pace. But, what is this? Not one, but two trains within an hour – modern, sleek and ………Continue reading Making tracks in the Yonne |
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