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The MWs' 60 anniversary celebrations

The Masters of Wine celebrated their 60 th anniversary this week, for the Institute was created in 1953 and the first MWs passed the exam in...

Wine LR describes itself as the first iPad application dedicated to the wines and wine growers of the Languedoc. Each month they produce a...

Friends from Alsace came to stay. They worked in wine, first in Burgundy and then in Alsace, and are now happily retired in Colmar. This w...

A large tome thudded through my letterbox the other day, a new book on Cabernet Sauvignon. My fellow MW Benjamin Lewin had picked my brains...

I’ve tasted Jérôme Rateau’s wines at the Faugères fête a couple of times and promised myself a visit. Haut Lignières was initially created...

A chance encounter over dinner led to new discovery just down the road in the next village. Erna Senti Kreyden has a tiny cellar in the bac...

Domaine de la Rencontre is a new estate in the appellation of Muscat de Mireval. Enthusiasm is infectious. If I were starting a new ven...

Graeme Angus leads a double life; he works as a GP and as a vigneron. No prizes for guessing which he prefers. Over ten years ago he t...

The annual Aniane salon is a great way to catch up on what is happening around Aniane and Montpeyroux. Like the Faugères fete it provides an...

I spent a day exploring Muscat de Frontignan and Muscat de Mireval, which are two of the key appellations for Muscat Vin Doux Naturel in the...

The Faugères fête is a regular event in the calendar – fixed for the second Sunday in July, which this year also happened to coincide with B...

We hear a lot about new wine growers in the Languedoc, but what about the old established estates? Château La Liquière in Faugères is one su...