The chateaux of the Bordeaux Appellation of Pessac-Léognan (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) throw open their doors (Portes Ouvertes) to visitors for the weekend of 3 December 2022 More than 30…
Chablis The pretty village of Chablis (89 Yonne, BFC) celebrates its iconic wine with a Wine Festival (La Fête des vins de Chablis) 26 - 27 October 2024 There us…
The coastal town of Gruissan (11 Aude, Occitanie) is near Narbonne and is part of the Corbières wine appellation. The wine harvest festival is held over an October weekend. 19…
Loupiac (33 Gironde, Aquitaine) is the home of some of the best sweet wines of Bordeaux, although Sauternes will always claim to be the king of dessert wines. Journées Gourmandes…
The wine town of Ampuis (69 Rhône, ARA) celebrates the wines of the northern Rhône valley with its Marché aux vins d'Ampuis 19 -22 January 2024 This is the land…
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Les Plus Beaux Villages de France There is to be an exhibition promoting the organisation and its villages in Paris (on the railings of the Luxembourg Gardens) in the 6th…
The Burgundy wine village of Nuits St Georges (21 Côte d'Or, BFC) holds its autumn wine fair Fête du Vin Bourru on the weekend of 21 - 22 October 2023…
The small, pretty village of Labastide d'Armagnac (40 Landes , Nouvelle Aquitaine) is the venue for an annual Armagnac Festival (Armagnac en fête )in the Place Royale in Autumn -…
The town of Joigny (29 Yonne, BFC) celebrates the wine harvest with its annual Joigny Wine Fair (Fête des Vendanges) in October. see www.joigny-tourisme.com Held in the covered market (Marché…
Chusclan and neighbouring Laudun (30 Gard, Occitanie) is one of the Côtes du Rhône villages entitled to add its village name to the wine label: Côtes du Rhône Villages Chusclan and holds its own Vintage Wine Festival (Vendanges de…
The wine region of Muscadet, centred on Nantes (44 Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire) gets into party mode with the "Muscadétours" Muscadet wine festival 4 - 6 October 2019! There…
Irouleguy Basque wines are seldom seen and are not well known outside of the Basque country in southwest France. Located near St Jean Pied-de-Port (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Nouvelle Aquitaine), one of…
Deep down in Southwest France Cahors (46 Lot, Occitanie) is the home to the Malbec grape, now frequently seen in the wines of Argentina, Chile, South Africa, USA, Australia and…
The attractive medieval villlage of Conques (12 Aveyron, Occitanie) is also the base for Marcillac wine AOP, and a number of wine festivals are held annually: Each year, during the…
The town of Blaye (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) on the right bank of the Gironde estuary is the centre of one of the key sub-appellations of Bordeaux wines - Blaye…
In the Moselle département of eastern France, the citadel of Rodemack (57 Moselle Lorraine) is not only classified as one of "the most beautiful villages in France" (Plus Beaux Villages…
Cassis? No not the blackcurrant liqueur - but white rose and red provence wines grown by the mediterranean
Nuits-Saint-Georges (21 Côte d'Or, BFC) is a famous Burgundy wine village, but its charity Hospices Wine Sale (vente des vins des Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges) is rather overshadowed by the annual…
At Châtillon-sur-Seine (21 Côte d'Or BFC) they celebrate the sparkling Crémant de Bourgogne wine with a Festival Fête du Crémant et Tape-Chaudrons - 17 March 2024 (3rd Saturday in March) The…