The Aude département (11 Languedoc-Roussillon) straddles the Autouroute des Deux Mers (A62) as it heads east from Narbonne towards Toulouse and eventually Bordeaux. The autoroute follows the flattish valley bottom…
The Cahors region was a little isolated and very traditional when I first started to get to know it in the 1970s. It produced a somewhat rustic style of Malbec…
A small wine producing area to the south east of Bordeaux
A browse through the local travel bookshop in midwinter is always enjoyable, especially when you find something new. Hence Mireille Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating…
Try the east for a change? One area well known to British wine drinkers but less well known to Britons is Burgundy. Only 5 - 6 hours from the Channel…
For all that Bordeaux is synonymous with fine wine around the world, the city has not had a decent wine museum in recent years. To some extent you could argue…
Jurade de Saint Emilion Open Doors Weekend Spring Festival Summer Celebration Autumn Harvest I have previously been a little cynical about the tendancy of the French to imbue elements of…
Chateau d'Aydie and the Laplace family are widely regarded as one of the foremost quality producers of Madiran wines is deep Southwest France. Frédéric Laplace was recognised as one of…
A personal favourite, Domaine Berthomieu is a small domaine (26 hectares) in the village of Viella (32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees), in the north of the Madiran appellation. The domaine has been…
With our friends at www.rjsw.co.uk we have made available a small collection of high quality prints of France from our archives (and a couple from talented wine and food photographer…
Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007, the city of Bordeaux (33 Gironde, Aquitaine) is making a serious claim as a tourist desitnation. I must admit most of my…
Latest dates for Christmas Markets in France - see www.frenchduck.com Colmar (68 Haut-Rhin, Alsace) is one of the prettiest Alsatian towns in the heart of the vineyards, half-timbered buildings also…
Latest dates for Christmas Markets in France - see www.frenchduck.com Being on the border with Germany, Strasbourg (67 Bas-Rhin, Alsace) has a long tradition of Christmas markets running from 1570.…
According to the Independent the Beaujolais region is effectively enjoying a climate equivalent to that 100 kilometres further south compared to 20 years ago. This also means that grape harvest…
It all started in Paris with the Velib' Scheme - an amalgam of Velo (cycle) and Liberte (free), which has been a tremendous success. The latest we've come across is…
Jonathan Ray in The Telegraph selects his top 10 sweet wines, which includes the little-known and hard-to-pronounce appellation of Pacherenc du Vic Bilh from South West France. Reserved solely for…
Wine competitions come and go, and generally provide little interest except for the producers and those few top wines which get all the glory, justified or not. However, for the…
The beautiful and elegant Viaduc de Millau designed by Norman Foster is a breathtaking sight in the middle of an otherwise little-known region of France. The stunning photograph here comes…
Latest Christmas Market dates on www.frenchduck.com A Christmas Market with a difference in Mulhouse (68 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) with the venue being the the Museum of Printed Textiles (Musée de…
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