For the South West the A20 autoroute (l'Occitaine) is now complete linking Paris and Toulouse via the A10 to Orleans, then the A71 to Vierzon onto the A20 for Toulouse…
As ALLEZ VINS! UK French wine merchants we imported the wines of Domaine la Fourmone and l'Oustau Fauquet for many years, Madame Combe produces high quality intense wines using traditional…
Vines at Domaine la Fourmone Domaine la Fourmone One of our favourites and an early discovery for their Côtes du Rhône villages , Vacqueyras and Gigondas! Region: Rhône Valley Appellation:…
Sauvingon Blanc grapes Found as a single varietal in the famous whites of the Loire – Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé (plus Quincy , Reuilly and Menetou-Salon) the highly aromatic Sauvignon…
Photo by Cup of Couple on Pexels.com The famous Bordeaux wines of St.Emilion and Pomerol are predominantly based on Merlot. Here it produces full bodied wines with plum characteristics to…
Semillon grapes Along with Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, is the key ingredient in the white wines of Bordeaux both dry and sweet including the famous wines of Sauternes and Graves. Semillon…
In my earlier life as a wine merchant specialising in French Regional Wines, one of the most interesting and useful posters we had on display was a relief map of…
Honfleur (14 Calvados, Normandie) is a delightful small harbour town on the Normandy coast just west of the Seine river estuary and Le Havre, now reached after crossing the elegant…
An aromatic white grape varietal which is the sole variety authorised for use in the Cour-Cheverny Appellation in the Loire Valley - south of Blois.The wines produced tend to be…
* Basilique et colline de Vézelay (1979) 89, Yonne, Burgundy _ Basilica and Hill* Cathédrale de Chartres (1979)* Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie (1979) including the bay* Palais et parc de…
The weekend of 30 September - 2 October 2022 sees the Oyster Festival ("Foire aux Huîtres") at Dunkerque (59 Nord, Hauts de France). To be held at the Kursaal you…
One of the three most widely seen varieties both in France and across the world. Its French home is the fine wine lands of the Medoc and Graves in Bordeaux…
6 July 2019 A date to put in the diary in July is the Buzet Wine Festival (Le Fest à Buzet) at Buzet-sur-Baise(47 Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine). This appellation lies to the…
I seldom think of Paris as a wine-producing region - and to be honest it isn't really a serious one. But on the Butte (hill) of Montmartre there are indeed…
Throughout France the grape harvest is getting underway, accompanied by various celebrations and festivals ostensibly to celebrate the new "vendange". However, it always perplexes me that these diversions occur around…
In the region which hosts Sauternes and Graves, Langon (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) celebrates its "FETE DU VIN ET DU FROMAGE" from 28-31 August 2015. Lying Southeast of Bordeaux,…
The town of Coutras (33, Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) goes onion crazy on 26 August 2015 with its "Foire aux oignons" - yet another celebration of something which is at first…