From its world-class natural wines to beautiful mountains and lakes, this is where to go and what to do in the Jura region of France.

Vin Jaune is famous even though it represents only 5% of the production in the Jura. It is an extraordinary wine, exceptionally dry and fresh, with a unique, slightly oxidized character.

Vin Jaune (which translates either as yellow wine or golden wine) is considered a specialty of the Jura and is only made from Savagnin that is kept in oak barrels for a minimum of 75 months.

Virot had lived near the Jura and also shared a fondness for cooking with Vin Jaune. Using the same chicken recipe as Ducasse, Virot chose to subbed fish in as the protein.

The Jura, hugging the Swiss border, is France's smallest wine region, counting only about 1,600 hectares. It is also one of the most difficult to decipher and, for me, one of the most memorable.

I recently came across Vin Jaune in the wonderful Hedonism wine shop in Mayfair, where they currently have a bottle for sale from 1774 priced at a very reasonable £72,553.80.

More notably, savagnin is the variety behind vin jaune – "yellow wine" – a Jura specialty that shares a kinship with sherry in that it is matured, for six or more years, in partly empty ...

2 Preheat oven to 180C. Heat a casserole over medium-high heat, add two-thirds hazelnut oil. Dust chicken in seasoned flour, shake off excess, add to pan, seal on all sides until golden (6-8 minutes), ...