All aboard one of the most exciting ways to experience France. A new seven-day SmoothRed rail tour crosses Champagne, Alsace, ...

The pretty Beaujolais wine countryside in southern Burgundy is home to what must be the most romantic village in the world, at least in name: Saint-Amour. The literally lovely sounding village amid ...

In most of the Burgundy villages, a few superior vineyards are designated as "Grands Crus" by the government. These wines are theoretically the best of Burgundy; what this means in red wine is cushier ...

Opinion polls come and go, but when it comes to elections the 1600 souls of the pretty Burgundy village of Donzy always seem to know best. Famous for its Pouilly-Fume wine and foie gras, Donzy has, ...

Beaujolais has become a wine identified with the third Thursday in November, the date the first wine of the just-ended season, the nouveau, is released with much fanfare. Yet the celebration ...

Imbecile! Idiot! yelled the estate manager of a vineyard just outside the village of Puligny-Montrachet as I took a shortcut through his vines. He was brandishing an implement. ‘I thought he was going ...

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