The Languedoc Roussillon region sometimes gets overlooked when it comes to wine regions in France. What a shame. Like many wine regions in France, including the Rhone region, Loire Valley and ...

having ventured deep into the ancient undulating landscape where the Romans planted France’s first vineyards — a lush corner ...

Contemporary Portuguese reds from native grape varieties such as Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheira in the Alentejo and Douro are often spicy and piquant with a lighter edge. As a result, they are great ...

Last fall we attended a wine party in Quarante, a charming hamlet in the Languedoc region of southern France. The village was tiny. The house was anything but, with three stories, six bedrooms, a pool ...

The Bordeaux region is known for its full-bodied reds and Languedoc is known for its red blends, both hit hard by declining red wine sales that have fallen by 32% in France over the last 10 years ...

The country has eleven major wine regions ranging from the Languedoc in the south to Champagne in the north, and laws governing wine production, honed over centuries, can differ from region to region.

And in a way, it is. If there’s one name you need to know when it comes to the modern face of Languedoc wine, it’s his. Jean-Claude took over the family’s tiny Domaine in the early 2000s ...

So unashamed was I in my ignorance that I felt no twinge of embarrassment when, having ventured deep into the ancient undulating landscape where the Romans planted France’s first vineyards — a lush ...