The French wine industry has a celebrated word called "terroir", which ... the master of wine (MW), is also sniffy. "The notion of cross-country blending for wine isn't something I find outrageous in ...

France has more than 10,000 tourist-oriented wine cellars that welcome visitors. Welcome to the vineyards of France. Wine tasting events are held year-round in the French wine regions. Whether a ...

France is one of the biggest producers of wine in the world, but if you talk to a vintner there, they'll likely get excited about just a few hectares of vines. That's because French wine is ...

Garrigue is a type of scrubby vegetation exclusive to the Mediterranean region. It's also, curiously, a descriptor of wine ...

The orchard at the end of Madsen Lane in Sebastopol looks feral. Its apple trees, planted in the 1950s, are sparse; the gaping yards between them make it clear that many have died. Woodpeckers have ...

DRINKERS in the world’s biggest wine-producing country now prefer beer. Sales of lagers and ales for at-home consumption in France have overtaken wine for the first time. Beer represented 45 per ...

First, because wine is a truly global commodity ... Australia has no areas of terroir and climate that are precisely similar to those of France (or any other country), and that the reverse is equally ...

The French wine industry has a celebrated word called ... "The notion of cross-country blending for wine isn't something I find outrageous in itself," he says. "My concern is more that this ...