Coulommiers (77 Seine-et-Marne, Ile de France) celebrates its annual Cheese and Wine Festival 11 - 14 April 2025 see https://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/ Coulommiers Cheese Festival logo Coulommiers cheese comes from the area…
One of our favourite French wine producers is Guy Cuisset at Chateau Grinou in Bergerac (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine), whose range of wines tick all the right boxes - well made,…
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Alsace wine Having been in the wine trade, we still get our share of Christmas Greetings from France - often these are fairly formal affairs - often a glorified business…
The winemakers of Anjou and Saumur offer to brighten up February with a weekend wine Festival in February at Challonnes-sur-Loire (49 Maine-et-Loire, Centre - Val de Loire) This is not…
The winemakers of Anjou and Saumur offer to brighten up February with a weekend wine Festival on 18 - 19 May 2024 at Challonnes-sur-Loire (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire).…
BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours programme aired an article today on Biodynamic wines. As Robert Joseph concluded the whole thing sounds weird and a bit looney BUT it does seem to work! Just a shame that these wines attract quite a price preemium. “Detailed knowledge of astrology and astronomy dictate the timing of all […]
Although a national chain, Majestic is unusual in seeking out lesser-known wines, and its adventurous policy means that it stocks an impressive range of French wines not readily found elsewhere in the UK. It has changed its 12-bottle minimum rule so that you can buy a single bottle – although you benefit from a discounted […]