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MILLESIME BIO IN MONTPELLIER - TWO SURPRISES: EGYPT AND CHABLIS

I’ve just spent a couple of days at the annual organic wine fair in Montpellier. Although it has been running now for nearly twenty years, ...

I first discovered Arnaud Pelegry’s wines from Domaine des Vents about four years ago and go back each year to taste them at the Paris salon...

Château de Gourgazaud was one of the pioneering estates of the Minervois. I went there on my very first visit to the vineyards of the Lang...

One of my favourite estates in Collioure is Domaine La Tour Vieille, which belongs to Christine Campadieu and Vincent Cantié. They are a h...

I was delighted to discover a new estate in Patrimonio, Clos Signadore. Christophe Ferrrandis comes from Marseilles; he has worked at Châtea...

This is one of the longer established estates of Corsica, which helped to create the island’s reputation. Christian Imbert was a pioneer, w...

I love the island of Corsica but it is much easier to taste the wines in Paris. Travelling there, usually involves changing planes in Nice ...

It is not often that you wake up to snow in the Languedoc, but this morning we did. It was not settling everywhere, but there was plenty in...

Mas Amiel is THE estate of Maury, and when I was writing French Country Wines twenty years ago, the only estate worth a visit. At that time...