France

Free for all Steven Spurrier has been extremely busy this year attending various 40th anniversary re-runs around the world of the famous Judgment...

Free for all A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The mainstream press love a wine spat...

Free for all Jancis Robinson has been a Master of Wine since 1984. An honorary doctorate from the Open University added a D...

Tasting articles The Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in New Zealand usually offers delegates – local producers, Pinot-enamoured consumers and journalists alike...

Nick on restaurants Jancis let me know that my article last Saturday on the particular charms of our holiday spent not eating out...

Free for all Yohan Castaing sends this English summary of the official Ministry of Agriculture report on this year’s grape-growing season in France...

Nick on restaurants Nine kilometres separate the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London SW7 from the much newer Collège Français Bilingue de...

Don't quote me See part 1. The biggest change to Carcassonne's outdoor market in the Place Carnot this summer was immediately obvious. Even...

Don't quote me Those who read my paean of praise a year ago to the charms of the market in the Place Carnot...

Inside information As the 2014 harvest kicks off in the Napa Valley, Yohan Castaing and I speculate about the size of the...

Don't quote me Some Bastille Day thoughts from Nick. Schadenfreude, joy provoked by the misery of others, is not a sentiment many of...

Free for all As long predicted, the US overtook France to become the world's biggest consumer of wine last year, a year in...

Free for all Update 30 Sep pm – Apparently the website cited below enjoyed 150,000 visits last weekend – JR. Yohan Castaing writes...

Inside information Written by Monty Waldin. See our guide to this week's comprehensive stocktake on the extent of organic and biodynamic viticulture...

Don't quote me Yohan Castaing writes: ' Serve them good wine, they will make good laws', said Michel de Montaigne, one of the...

Free for all Written in conjunction with Yohan Castaing. In a terse press release at the end of last week, the French Ministries...