France

Gratis für alle Steven Spurrier has been extremely busy this year attending various 40th anniversary re-runs around the world of the famous Judgment...

Gratis für alle A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The mainstream press love a wine spat...

Gratis für alle Jancis Robinson has been a Master of Wine since 1984. An honorary doctorate from the Open University added a D...

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

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

Gratis für alle Yohan Castaing sends this English summary of the official Ministry of Agriculture report on this year’s grape-growing season in France...

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

Unverblümte Meinungen See part 1. The biggest change to Carcassonne's outdoor market in the Place Carnot this summer was immediately obvious. Even...

Unverblümte Meinungen Those who read my paean of praise a year ago to the charms of the market in the Place Carnot...

Insider-Informationen As the 2014 harvest kicks off in the Napa Valley, Yohan Castaing and I speculate about the size of the...

Unverblümte Meinungen Some Bastille Day thoughts from Nick. Schadenfreude, joy provoked by the misery of others, is not a sentiment many of...

Gratis für alle As long predicted, the US overtook France to become the world's biggest consumer of wine last year, a year in...

Gratis für alle Update 30 Sep pm – Apparently the website cited below enjoyed 150,000 visits last weekend – JR. Yohan Castaing writes...

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

Unverblümte Meinungen Yohan Castaing writes: ' Serve them good wine, they will make good laws', said Michel de Montaigne, one of the...

Gratis für alle Written in conjunction with Yohan Castaing. In a terse press release at the end of last week, the French Ministries...