French Wine Regions

Alsace Beaujolais Bordeaux Burgundy Champagne Cognac/Armagnac Jura/Savoie Languedoc-Roussillon Loire Valley/Centre Provence Rhone Valley South West British Winemakers in France

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Burgundy wines

Burgundy (Bourgogne) is one of the top French wine regions producing a range of wine styles and prices. The wines include crisp Chablis in the north to the classic red…

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Buzet – Making wine barrels

At Buzet-sur-Baise (47 Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) there is an innovative co-operative wine cellar Les Vignerons de Buzet. which produces 95% of all Buzet wines - red, whites and rosés all…

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Langon Festival of Wine and the Farm

Langon (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) lies 45 km/28 miles south of Bordeaux on the route to Agen (47 Lot-et-Garonne Nouvelle Aquitaine) ,and holds a well-balanced festival of wine,cheese and bread…

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Samoëns Winegrowers Week

For the 9th consecutive year, Samoëns (74 Haute Savoie. ARA) will be celebrating good French food and well-being at its Samoëns Winegrowers Week (la Semaine Vigneronne) which combines skiing and…

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Colmar wine festival

The pretty Alsace town of Colmar (68 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) is regarded as the Wine Capital of Alsace. In mid-summer 26 July - 4 August 2024 the town hosts a…

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Chateauneuf-du-Pape wine festival

The wine town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape (84 Vaucluse, Provence PACA) holds an annual wine festival 4 - 6 August 2023 to celebrate the onset of the grape ripening season (veraison) with…

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