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03/08/2010 3:00 PM
All of these terms are sometimes used loosely and in many cases have no official definition. Certified organic wines, for example, actually have different meanings depending on the country of origin. Here’s a quick guide: Culture raisonnée or lutte raisonnée: Often translated as reasoned struggle, reactive viticulture or ...
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01/08/2010 7:23 PM
Sunny Languedoc-Roussillon, said to be the most productive wine producing region on earth, hugs the Mediterranean coastline. We are not talking about the historic Languedoc, which is well worth exploring on its own. That region, whose capital was Toulouse, roughly marked the area where “Oc” rather than “Oui” was spoken and the answer ...
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11/12/2009 2:27 PM
Atout France Award Honors French Wine Explorers St. Michaels, Md. (November 12, 2009) – Luxury wine tour company French Wine Explorers was recently awarded the prestigious Atout France Award by France’s Tourism Development Agency, Atout France. French Wine Explorers, which offers intimate luxury wine vacations to France, received the ...
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09/18/2009 5:56 PM
For Immediate ReleaseSt. Michaels, Md. (Sept. 9, 2009) – Luxury wine tour company French Wine Explorers has received Travel Weekly’s coveted Magellan Gold Award for best consumer website. French Wine Explorers’ website reflects the boutique firm’s upscale brand with its clean white space and vivid photography in an easy-to-navigate ...
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08/14/2009 5:54 PM
Source: Chateau-Lagrange.comChâteau Lagrange, Grand cru classé de Saint-Julien, innovates with optical sorting out of the grapes and opens its new vats room refurbished with 32 small vats for a better plots selection. The next harvest at Château Lagrange reveal themselves in the era of precision and high-tech innovation. Bruno ...
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07/17/2009 5:52 PM
Travel Reviews: Bon Appétit Selects French Wine Explorers For Travel Board (Press Release from French Wine Explorers) Luxury wine tour company French Wine Explorers is the newest addition to Bon Appétit magazine’s Travel Board, an elite group that represents all major luxury culinary travel reviews specialties. French Wine Explorers ...
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07/03/2009 5:50 PM
Our Wine Editor, Bill Shepard, has lived extensively in France and speaks French fluently. A college French major, Bill then had a Fulbright grant and taught at the Lycée Jean Giraudoux, Châteauroux (Indre). During his leisure hours, Bill served as translator at châteaux tours throughout the Loire Valley. He also notes that he missed ...
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06/26/2009 5:49 PM
Each year in June in Bordeaux the flowering of the vines is celebrated with a major event in the region’s social calendar: the Fête de la Fleur, or Flower Festival. This is a gala dinner organized by the Commanderie du Bontemps du Médoc et des Graves, the winemakers’ fraternity for these two regions on Bordeaux’s ...
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05/15/2009 3:45 PM
Ultimate Paris Tour Packages for Wine Lovers We are proud to announce exclusive tours of Paris, the City of Light, combined with your favorite wine region in France! Have you been looking to go to Paris and combine the trip with wine country in France? These new and exciting Paris tour packages help you save […]
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03/20/2009 5:40 PM
Source: Decanter.com Saint-Emilion classification ditched March 17, 2009 Rebecca Gibb The 2006 Saint Emilion classification will be scrapped, the French Court of Appeal has ruled. A judgement claimed the system was unlawful in July 2008 and an appeal by the eight promoted properties, the Saint Emilion Wine Board and the INAO was ...
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03/03/2009 5:39 PM
Food and Wine Pairing Like a Pro Which wine tastes best with pork chops in a maple glaze? Does rosemary-marinated grilled halibut invite red or white wine? Are there also great food pairings for beer, spirits, cocktails, coffee and tea? To answer these questions and thousands more, the web site NatalieMacLean.com now offers a new ...
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02/27/2009 8:23 PM
La Maison Bord’eaux under new ownership Pierre Lurton probably has one of the most envied jobs in in the wine world–he is President of two of Bordeaux’s top properties: Cheval Blanc, First growth of Saint Emilion and Château d’Yquem, first growth Superior of Sauternes, the top dog of the 1855 classification in ...
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02/20/2009 6:35 PM
From June 13th to Septembre 23rd Exhibition Exhibition “The Jurade of Saint-Emilion, 1948-2008” Collegiate Cloister From May 1st-3rd Open doors in the Saint-Emilion wine estates Open door days in the Saint-Emilion, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Lussac Saint-Emilion, and Puisseguin Saint-Emilion appellations. June 19th, ...
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01/30/2009 3:53 PM
A Visit to Two Great Bordeaux Chateaux Subject: Bordeaux Prestige Tour day 3 Pessac-Leognan and Sauterne. It is a pristine spring day in Bordeaux. There’s not a cloud in the sky. The grape vines are happy as they gather sunshine and nutrients to flower in early June, and so am I! Our first stop this […]
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01/02/2009 5:32 PM
Champagne France Region: How to Discover This Sparkling Area We made a last minute decision to go to Champagne France Region for the holidays-secretly, for selfish reasons, as Pierre’s family was gathering in Soissons, close to Reims. I couldn’t resist the urge to go, so we packed up our family and set out for our […]
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12/19/2008 7:12 PM
I am not one for air travel (or any travel) during the holidays. But I was inspired this year to bite the bullet, and go with the family to the Champagne region for the Christmas holidays. This may be one of the best times to travel to Europe. The Euro is at a respectable level […]
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