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Two websites in particular help me to recpature that sense of being in France ………Continue reading Getting a breath of French air from my armchair! Channel4 TV is running a series by chef Jamie Oliver called “Jamie Does….”. On 12 May 2010 the episode is entitled “Jamie does the French Pyrenees” – a slight misnomer as Cahors (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees), where the programme starts is more than 200km from the Pyrenees. Even more misplaced is Jamie’s recipe for Tarte Tatin ………Continue reading Jamie Oliver in Southwest France A new airport is due to open in June 2010 serving Brive-la-Gaillarde/Souillac. Just 12 miles from Souillac and the upper Dordogne Situated between Cressenac and Nespouls south of Brive(Correze) and just to the west of the A20 (l’Occitaine) Autoroute between Paris and Toulouse, this promises to be a popular destination – it is a beautiful ………Continue reading New airport to serve Creuse, Correze and Dordogne Winter is the time for truffles in the Perigord and surrounding areas. Georges Vigouroux is one of the main Cahors wine producers in South West France (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees) with several major chateaux under its umbrella including Chateau de Mercuès and Chateau de Haute-Serre with some classy rich winesn made from the Malbec grape. So ………Continue reading Truffles and Malbec in Cahors! We have long been fans of the Domaine de Merchien. at Belfort du Quercy (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees) (south of Cahors and north of Montauban) Sarah and David Meakin have been developing the Domaine and its production of both wine and beer. Rather idiosyncatically as well as producing French wines (often for sale to Brits) they ………Continue reading Brewing Beer for the French From 1 July 2009 the French Government has lowered VAT (or TVA in France) on Restaurant meals from 19.6% to 5.5% in a bid to stimulate a sluggish market, which should result in some noticeable savings for diners. This is welcome as a good meal out in France can be a real treat – and ………Continue reading Cheaper eating in France The Lot departement (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees) in South West France highlights its Gardens for the weekend of 5-7 June 2007 under the banner of “Rendezvous in the gardens” There are events throughout the department, including in Cahors’s “June Gardens” which includes guided and unguided tours through a dozen or so private gardens in the city ………Continue reading June Gardens in France The tiny village of Albas (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees) in the Lot Valley west of Cahors flings open its cellar doors on 4 June 2011 to celebrate the local Cahors wines – “Fresh air in our cellars” or “Le bon air dans les caves” is the by-line. The local wine producers offer samples of their wines ………Continue reading Cahors Wine Festival at Albas 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 |
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