The Second Wine Fair is a unique event that highlights the second wines of the great Bordeaux estates. Unlike premier cru wines, second wines come from the same prestigious vineyards…
The departement of the LOT celebrates its local food with its Lot of Saveurs festival Lot Food Festival in Cahors (46 Lot, Occitanie) 27 - 30 June 2024 Products include…
In the heart of central Brittany that the town of Gourin (56 Morbihan, Brittany) presents the FETE DE LA CREPE, the last weekend of July - 27 - 28 July…
One of the first major stage professional cycle races of the season runs for a week between the outskirts of Paris down to the Mediterranean at Nice every March (3…
The town of Mourjou (15 Cantal, ARA) hosts an annual Chestnut Festival Foire de la Châtaigne et du Châtaignier 19 -20 October 2024 The Festival includes a large market selling…
Traditionally meat was banished from the diet during Lent. As was sugar, ingredients containing fat, eggs and dairy products. Hence Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday) was the…
Normandie is rightly known for the quality of its dairy produce (cheese, cream and butter) and apples (cider and Calvados) and -holds an annual Cheese Festival at Touffreville-sur-Eu (76 Seine-Maritime,…
17 April 2020 Bassins de Lumières FROM VERMEER TO VAN GOGH THE DUTCH MASTERS From 16 February 2024 to 5 January 2025 In what could be a spooky and threatening…
FrenchDuck.com offers the details of a selection of Christmas Markets, Villages and other festivities in France this holiday season. See Christmas Markets 2023
Domaine Pierre Adam B&B, Alsace Alsace's iconic wine and tourist itinerary, the Alsace Wine Route stretches over more than 170 km, from Marlenheim to Thann. Winding along the gentle Alsatian…
North of Hyeres and Toulon, the village of Solliès-Pont (83 Var, PACA) is the self-proclaimed "Capital of the Fig" and accordingly celebrates with its Fig Festival on 26 - 27…
The city of Reims (51 Marne, Grand Est) remembers the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral in 1429 . There have been 32 other royal coronations in the meanrime.…
The Nuits de Fourvière (Nights of Fourvière) is a festival of theatre, circus, music, dance, and film in Lyon (69 Rhône, ARA) 30 May - 25 July 2024 The festival…
Another surprising French Food Festival - a Chick Pea Festival (La Fête du Pois Chiche )at Montaren & Saint Médiers (30 Gard, Occitanie) 24 - 26 May 2024. In reality…
Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence) holds a Wine and Vineyards Festival FÊTE DE LA VIGNE ET DU VIN 19 - 20 May 2023 Wine cellars and wine estates throughout Vaucluse welcome…
At Chateau Pommorio near Tréveneuc (22 Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany) there is a Spring Garden Festival Fête des Jardins 13 - 14 April 2024 which has an international and British angle. Rising…
Yet another consequence of the pandemic and its impact on consumer behaviour: France plans to spend millions of euros to turn wine into industrial alcohol for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to…
Woodchester Valley planted vines usually associated with the Loire Valley and New Zealand and not just the normal UK grapes varieties such as Bacchus. At the Global Sauvignon Blanc Masters awards…
Photo by Daniel Kist on Pexels.com The EU has approved France's decision to ban short-haul flights within France - on routes where there are several daily direct trains available for…
Photo by Ivan J. Long on Pexels.com The humble French stick (la baguette) is an iconic feature of France, and its importance and significance has now been recognised:- ... Unesco…
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