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A taste of the Beautiful South

[ May 7, 2009; May 21, 2009; ] Too early for your next visit to France then have a look at specialist wine merchants Stone, Vine and Sun who have some new offerings and tastings to tempt:-
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux

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Muscat Festival in Perpignan

[ January 31, 2009 to February 2, 2009. ]

If you are a fan of Muscat wines then Perpignan (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) should be your destination from 31 January – 2 February 2009 with the Rencontres Mediterraneenes du Muscat (Mediterranean Muscat’s Convention).

Open to the public, the event offers culinary and wine-tasting workshops and the opportunity to taste a range of Muscat wines and Vins

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France comes to London – French Wine Growers Fair

[ 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

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Chateau Monty – English, Biodynamic, Roussillon and Channel 4

Biodynamic wine comes to the fore (or Four!) in September with a new series on making wine biodynamically in southern France.
A biodynamic wine is essentially an organic wine, avoiding pesticides and fertilisers in the vineyard and (as far as possible) any artifical chemicals in the winemaking process. But there is also an added “cosmic” dimension

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Wind, Water and Wine; Beziers, Bordeaux and Bristol

The port cities of Bordeaux and Bristol both played a distinguished role in the history of the wine trade, such that even in the 13th century more than 85 per cent of all imported wine came from South West France and as much as 3,000 tons (750,000 gallons) was being landed in Bristol.
The trade with

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Fete des Vins in Perpignan

[ June 27, 2008; ] The Fête des Vins (wine festival) takes place in the Place de la Republique in Perpignan (66 Pyrenees-Orientales) on 27 June 2008, where more than 50 local winegrowers from the Rousillon region will present their wines. The wines include Cotes du Roussillon AC, Maury AC, Banyuls, Fitou AC and Muscat de Rivesaltes and Collioure AC.

Tours

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