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Part of our series featuring places to stay and explore for a weekend or longer with recommendations on where to stay, eat, visit etc – recommendations from personal knowledge of people who know the local area well. Why Entraygues-sur-Truyere? Entraygues-sur-Truyere is a picturesque riverside village, where two rivers meet, the Lot River and the Truyere. Entraygues ………Continue reading Le weekend in… Entraygues sur Truyere 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. ………Continue reading Le Weekend in…. Eauze It was in the hot days of late June that we had the chance to call in on Caroline and Sean Feely at Chateau Haut Garrigue in Bergerac (24, Dordogne, Aquitaine), a warm and welcome memory on cold miserable winter days. An unlikely combination of Ireland, South Africa and rural France has created an organic ………Continue reading Wild and Organic in Bergerac On the border between Provence and Languedoc and known as the birth place of denim (“de Nimes”), Nimes is a popular tourist destination due to its rich history dating back to the Roman Empire. ………Continue reading Nimes 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 ………Continue reading Exploring the White Quercy in South West France [ 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 ………Continue reading Get a taste of Armagnac from Domaine de Lauroux |
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