Rosemary George's first trip to the Languedoc was in 1979, the year she became one of the first women to pass the Master of Wine exams. Numerous visits back to this region led to The Wines of the South of France, written in 2001. In 2004 she bought a house near Pézenas and she writes a regularly updated blog called Taste Languedoc. A freelance wine writer and author since 1981, her twelfth book, on Faugères, was reviewed here in 2016. Since she has insights...
Wines of the Languedoc – book review
Monday 12 November 2018
Wines of the Languedoc
Rosemary George MW
Published by Infinite Ideas
ISBN 9781908984869
£30
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