It isn’t often that we encouter extremely friendly and enthusiastic winemakers when visiting vineyards in France. French winemakers, though by no means uninviting, tend to be always be passionately absorbed in their work with the vines or too busy (or just too reserved) to deal with tourists directly. However, we recently met a unique vigneron [...]

The photos of this winery speak for themselves. During a recent Chateau Tour, we visited an inexplicably picturesque winery located at the foot of Mont Saint-Victoire. These were some of the most beautiful views that Brian and I had seen in Provence so far. Having lived in France for three and a half years, that’s [...]

While browsing the shelves for a bottle of wine, you will come across many interesting images on the labels. One can find pictures of dogs, kangaroos, and even a rhinoceros adorning the bottles. These heartwarming or unusual logos are intended to intrigue the buyer, enticing someone to take a second glance and hopefully make a [...]

The time to top up a wine is when there are about two sips left in the glass. If you top up more frequently, you never get to experience how the wine evolves in the glass. With Champagne, there’s another menace- temperature. Just as the constant topping up of coffee means you never have a [...]