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...

DOMAINE MONPLEZY AT THE AUBERGE DU PRESBYTERE

Anne and Christian from Domaine Monplezy Those of us, who live not too far from the village of Vailhan in the hills outside Pézenas in the h...