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PRIEURE DE ST. JEAN DE BEBIAN

I’ve been visiting the Prieuré de St. Jean de Bébian regularly since the mid-1980s. Back then it was the property of a maverick wine maker,...

There is a large sign at Montpellier airport, welcoming you to the largest vineyard in the world. And most of the publicity boards are wine...

And now back to the Ariège, as promised a couple of postings ago. Unlike the Languedoc, the harvest there will not start until early Octobe...

There was a bit of a panic on Monday morning this week, as storms were forecast for the following day. Some people hadn’t yet started the h...

It’s early September and the harvest in the Languedoc is getting going. Our friends Deborah and Peter at Mas Gabriel in Caux picked their w...

We took eight days to drive down to our Languedoc home this time, making a significant detour for a wedding outside St. Jean de Luz. It tu...

I popped into my local wine shop, Roberson’s, last week to meet their wine buyer, Mark Andrew. He is as keen and enthusiastic about the Lan...