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Pont du Gard on fire!

Pont du Gard 2000 years ago over 1000 people worked for 5 years on the construction of the Pont du Gard, near Remoulins (30 Gard, Occitanie). The objective was to…

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Cabardes – Camping on a Vineyard

We keep coming across gites and Bed & Breakfast (Chambres d'Hote) on vineyards in France, but there are obviously some domaines that also offer camping, whether canvas or motorhome. One…

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Saussignac – A walk amongst organic vineyards

The Saussignac appellation in the western part of the Bergerac vineyard (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) seems to be pioneering organic (bio) vineyards - interesting for an appellation which has only recently…

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Pauillac Lamb Festival

Pauillac Lamb Festival: Pauillac (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) celebrates a wonderful pairing - Spring Lamb and claret - well the wines of the commune of Pauillac AC - a small…

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Travels through the Lot Valley

Regular readers will be aware the the Lot Valley in the South West of France features frequently in these pages - in many ways the essence of "deepest France", it…

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Cahors and Cartier at Chateau Lagrezette

The Observer (27 April 08) features a visit to Chateau Lagrezette in Cahors (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees), owned and restored by Alain Dominique Perrin, a controversial figure in the Cahors wine…

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Beziers

Beziers (34 Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon) is another of those underrated French towns usually passed by on the autoroute - this time the A9 from the Rhone Valley down to the Spanish…

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