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 14th March 2010
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Cahors WineOne of the oldest and yet least known french wines, the red wine of Cahors has a long a distinguished history. We hope you enjoy finding out more.. From here you can't see Parisby Michael S. Sanders |
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Discussion ForumTopics:Classified AdsContacts What's On On the Road Food and Drink Building & Renovation Health & Wellbeing Animals & Pets Questions? Families of the Vineby Michael S. Sanders |
The charity wine auction to raise funds for Les Hospices de Beaune began in 1859 and this year marked the 148th anniversary of the event. With over two million euros worth of wine going under the hammer and supporting media interest, it makes a spectacular event. Val Taylor was fortunate enough to be invited and has sent us this report...
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We’re all recovering from one of the most arduous fetes of the year! Albas Wine Festival is an outstanding event. Six or seven thousand people – according to the Mairie – all crammed into one tiny village clinging to the rocky hillside above the river Lot...
Why black? Principally because it is almost black, just hold a bottle up to the light and you’ll see into its deliciously inky depths. Cahors red wines are reputedly the darkest in the world; they are also some of the strongest and richest and will keep for years...
Anthony Nielson, former owner of a London advertising agency, arrived in the Lot 11 years ago. He literally fell in love with the little town of Figeac, bought and ...
The vineyards of Cahors have twenty centuries of history behind them: the Renaissance poet Clement Marot, Pope John XXII, Francois I and Henry IV have all been its ambassadors...
Wine anorak Jamie Goode pays a visit to Clos Triguedina, home of some of the oldest vines in the AOC Cahors red wine region...
After four years of research, Mike and Sue Spring made the move to France in 1994 and bought a vineyard in the Lot valley near Montcuq. Here they describe the work involved creating a Cahors red wine...
Jamie Goode, wine expert and self-confessed anorak pays a visit to Mike and Sue Spring at Domaine du Garinet in the AOC Cahors red wine region...
Mike and Sue Spring came to live in France in 1994 when they bought a small French wine producer (Domaine du Garinet) in the village of Le Boulvé of some 200 inhabitants in the département of the Lot. This is their story...
Many people would love to own a property in the beautiful South of France. Most hanker after a little stone cottage; but there are some who are satisfied with nothing less than their own vineyard ...