Chateau la Dournie has belonged to the Etienne family since 1850. It is a substantial property on the edge of St. Chinian, with a château d...
BACK IN THE MIDI
We are back at our house in the Languedoc for New Year, with two good bottles, from two of our favourite appellations, to welcome us. 2008 P...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
I had every intention of posting more about the Paris Salon before Christmas took over, but I am afraid that this has not happened. No excu...
DOMAINE PIQUEMAL IN PARIS
I’ve always enjoyed Pierre Piquemal’s wines, ever since my first visit to his cellars in the back streets of the Roussillon village, Espira ...
PARIS - THE CHATEAU DE FLAUGERGUES
I first visited the Château de Flaugergues back in the mid-1980s, when I was writing and researching French Country Wines. Ten years later ...
TASTING IN PARIS I
DOMAINE DE LA ROCHELIERE in the appellation, and also the village of Fitou This is a new estate to me – it was highlighted in Révue des Vins...
THE SALON DES VIGNERONS INDEPENDENTS IN PARIS
Many apologies for neglecting my blog for a while. Blame other deadlines, a week in southern Italy and a seasonal cold. I’ve also been to ...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM A MINI ORGANIC FAIR AT THE MAISON DU LANGUEDOC
The recently opened Maison du Languedoc in Cavendish Square, a rather smart address around the back of John Lewis, is the London showcase fo...
SOME LANGUEDOC HIGHLIGHTS IN LONDON, PLUS PROVENCE AND ROUSSILLON
WAITROSE have some new additions to their southern French range. While the Faugères, Domaine Marie and the St. Chinian, Domaine Combes, did...
WINE AND CHOCOLATE
Wine and chocolate has always been a tricky combination; for some, perceived wisdom has it that wine does not go with chocolate at all; othe...
LE BISTROT D'ARIANE
Returning to London after days, or weeks, in the Languedoc is always a bit of a shock to the system, so we try to soften the blow. Our unof...
A DAY IN THE GARD
My Languedoc home is the Hérault, so the prospect of a day in the Gard was a bit of adventure. Our plan was to visit three wine growers, wi...
MAS DES DAMES
Lidewij van Wilgen is a bright, young Dutch woman who has, almost single-handedly, developed a new estate outside the village of Murviel-lès...
MORE TERRASSES DU LARZAC
I make no apology for returning to the Terrasses de Larzac. It is quite simply one of the most exciting corners of the Languedoc, with a won...
Picking Grapes
I almost embarrassed to admit that I had managed to work with wine for thirty-five years before I ever picked grapes. It was a big gap in my...
The 2009 Vintage
If you have been driving around the roads of the Languedoc in the last few days, you are more than likely to have found yourself sitting beh...
CUVEE No.1 L'ORAGE from Le Couvent
I am always in deep admiration of people who come to winemaking later in life, and particularly those without any training or winemaking exp...
CUISINES DANS LA RUE
The French have a flair for food and wine events, or indeed celebrations. In Bédarieux they have held an annual fête, for the last nine yea...
MAS CAL DEMOURA
Vincent Goumard The reputation of Mas Cal Demoura was first created by Olivier Julien’s father, and when Jean-Pierre retired, he sold his ce...
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