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The Languedoc Outsiders

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The inimitable Louise Hurren – pictured here on the right and Languedoc-Roussillon's most committed unofficial ambassador and consummate social media queen – responded to my email request to 'taste a few wines while on holiday in the Languedoc' last summer, with a table bathed in glorious sunlight, groaning under the weight of bottles, and a view of the vineyards of La Clape (thanks to the generous hospitality of Eric Fabre of Ch d'Anglès). She doesn't do things by halves.

She's also the woman...

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