See my tasting notes on these wines. There aren't many people who could call themselves wine archivists but Philippe Gayral is one. And, fortunately for those of us who appreciate delicious...

See The archivist of Roussillon for the background to this tasting of some of France's under-appreciated treasures. The picture is of some of the bonbonnes, large glass jars, in which some of...

Jonathan Hesford of Domaine Treloar in southern Roussillon made the point recently on our Members' forum that his 2012 growing season and harvest had been much easier than the one reported...

The vast Languedoc-Roussillon wine region is home to probably hundreds of artisan winemakers who make lovely wines chock full of terroir and interest but who have very little idea of how to sell...

It is always fascinating to get some insights into the tremendous effort and innovation that goes into the bottles of wine that are so often consumed without a second thought. At Mas Amiel in...

The Occitan word for stranger is estranhièr – a hauntingly beautiful word. And the broad swathe of Mediterranean coastline from Nîmes to the Spanish border has certainly been strongly...

There's a useful thread in the travel section of our Members' forum on places to eat and producers to visit in the Languedoc-Roussillon. Here are the restaurants and more modest places to eat...

Here at last is our long-trailed collection of tasting notes on the vast twin wine regions of Languedoc and Roussillon. Although it includes notes on almost 400 different wines, it is just a...

See full tasting note s on Seppeltsfield and Roussillon wines, including six wines more than 100 years old. There is an upside to unfashionable wines. People don't buy them, so...

In a nutshell: A tradition of rich dessert wines but reinventing its characterful dry reds and whites. Grapes: Grenache (red), Muscat, Grenache Blanc, Maccabéo (white)...

2012 has been described as the worst the Languedoc has seen for 22 years. Yields were low thanks to drought at one stage and mildew at another. Late, uneven ripening resulted in wines without...

Brew Wharf, the recently opened restaurant with its own micro-brewery, seemed the most appropriate place to catch up with Rupert Ponsonby, the leading light behind the emergence of beer lists...

David Woodford, London: I just got back from picking in Paziols/Tuchan and thought you'd like to know that while the first part of the harvest was dry, the weather broke down at the start of...

I recently had the chance to compare three great dry white 2003s from a corner of France not commonly associated with such a style, the rocky hills of Roussillon in the eastern Pyrenean...

Over an excellent FT lunch at London's River Café, New York restaurateur Danny Meyer expounded on a topic that never appears on menus or bills but has been a vital management credo in running his...