A vintage cycle festival, centred on Saumur (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire) with 4 routes through the vineyards of Anjou takes place 28 - 30 June 2024 This trendy…

Chitterlings & Gherkins Festival: The village of Bèze (21 Côte d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) holds a festival to celebrate local produce 15 - 16 August 2017 - Fête de l'andouille et des…

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…

Every year in March (23 March 2024) the winemakers of appellation of Bourgueil descend on the city of Tours (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire), about 30 miles (50km) to the…

Try the wines of the northern Rhone valley at Tain l'Hermitage in February

The village of Condrieu lies on a wide curve of the River Rhône and it is this special position which helps to produce some of the most highly prized white wines from the Viognier grape

Alsace is a very pretty region with picturesque villages and vine-clad hillsides and this has to be one of the best along the Alsace Wine Route (Route des Vins d’Alsace).

Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a big classic wine from the southern Rhône Valley north of Avignon in Provence, and literally translates as the "new Castle of the Pope" and was the summer home of the Pope when based in Avignon (Palais des Papes) in the 14th Century.

Chablis celebrates its excellent wines!