The small bastide village of Eymet (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine)about 20km south west of Bergerac is the place to be on Saturday 15 August 2009 for its White Wine and Oyster Festival ! (Fête de l’huître et du vin blanc) which takes place all day in the Place de la Bastide. You can taste and buy
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[ September 26, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Now, I thought I knew Bergerac and its wines pretty well, having imported their wines from the earliest days of Allez Vins!, and numerous visits over the last 20 years or so. But truth be told, I probably know about a dozen vineyards in any detail, and I am a fan of the wines of
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Guy Cuisset at Chateau Grinou in Bergerac is an extraordinary winemaker – for years his wines took pride of place on the Allez Vins! wine list both with his “Tradition” wines for superb everyday drinking and his “Reserve” wines, oaked red and white wines of a premium quality but keenly priced (not to mention his
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[ April 2, 2009 to April 4, 2009. ] The extraordinarily rich musical traditions of this otherwise quiet and peaceful part of rural France kick off the season with the Festival of Bandas & Penas in the town of Condom (32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees) on 2-4 May 2008.
The Festival website suggests this is a noisy and popular weekend with bands competing from all over France
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