Gaillac Wine Festival

Gaillac (81 Tarn, Occitanie) holds its annual wine fair (Fete des Vins) 4 - 7 August 2022. Situated between Toulouse and Albi, the wines of this region tend to be…

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Côtes de Duras wine fair

The town of Duras (47 Lot et Garonne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) boasts an impressive Chateau on a promontory overlooking the countryside. It is a walled town with a medieval centre in…

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Jura Wine Tours

An English couple ( John & Carolyn Scallan ) run a small B&B (Chez Scallan) at Sens-sur-Seille (71 Saône-et-Loire, Rhône-Alpes ) on the border of Burgundy and Jura and work…

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Fiefs Vendéens wines

The wines of the Fiefs Vendéens come from the Vendée region of France (85 Vendée, Poitou Charentes), south of the Loire Valley, a short distance inland from the Atlantic Coast.…

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Arbois – Jura Wine Hotel

The Hotel des Cepages is in the village of Arbois (39 Jura, BFC) (where Louis Pasteur was born). It is in an area which produces some of the best Jura wines…

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Chablis – Winemaker accommodation

Whilst not exactly "on a vineyard"  you can stay in the heart of the pretty wine vilage of Chablis(89 Yonne, Bourgogne) in a 2- or 4-person apartment above Jean-Marc Brocard's…

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French Wine and Abbeys

There has long been a connection between monastic orders and alcohol - just think of Chatreuse (made by Carthusian Monks, popular since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol…

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