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Wine Cellar at Chateau Croix de l'Abrie, Bordeaux That’s DÉGUSTING! - Venturing into French vineyards One of the joys of touring France is the opportunity to try wines at the…

  • Post category:France
  • Post last modified:November 11, 2017

Champagne region – Reims, Epernay and Bar-sur-Aube
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Brive-la-Gaillarde in the Correze celebrates Christmas. Best known as a Motorail destination

  • Post category:32 GersFranceMadiran
  • Post last modified:June 1, 2020

Chateau d'Aydie and the Laplace family are widely regarded as one of the foremost quality producers of Madiran. Frédéric Laplace was recognised as one of the pioneer winemakers - first…

Armagnac pre-dates Cognac by about 150 years but never seems to have been as commercially successful or available, tending to be appreciated more by restaurants, connoisseurs and the locals. There…

Somehow I am accustomed to finding historic or spectacular sights classed as "World Heritage Sites" but the inclusion of a 200 mile stretch of the Loire Valley in Unesco's list…

Quercy is the ancient name of a region of South West France in the Lot and Lot-et-Garonne départements roughly centred on Cahors (46, Lot, Occitanie). The Coteaux du Quercy wine…

Ste Alvère (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) claims to be the first village in France to have its own online truffle market. Known as the black truffle of Périgord (Perle Noire du…

  • Post category:32 GersFranceMadiran
  • Post last modified:January 1, 2022

Domaine Berthomieu is a small domaine (26 hectares) in the village of Viella, in the north of the Madiran appellation (32 Gers,Occitanie) . The domaine has been in the family…

Touraine Dauvignon Isabelle & Noe Rouballay own and run this charming small domaine in southern Touraine on a plateau between the Loire and Cher rivers at Oisly (41 Loir=et-Cher, Centre…

Take an individual guided tour around Paris in a Citroen 2CV

  • Post category:81 TarnFranceGaillac
  • Post last modified:January 1, 2022

In this mosaic of very different terroirs, the Gaillac vineyard is situated 50 km east of Toulouse, in the direction of Albi, in the Tarn departement. The vineyard stretches over…

In Burgundy they celebrate wine, in Perigord they revere the truffle and in Etaples they worship the Herring! 12 - 13 November 2022 is the weekend when Etaples (62 Pas…