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French Wine

Wine from France is grown in ten main regions, comprising Alsace, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, Champagne, Languedoc-Rousillon, Loire, Rhône and Southwest France. Every year, France produces over 70 million hectolitres of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

French wine consumption drops by three billion bottles

Researchers fear the culture of wine drinking is being lost in France, with younger generations less likely to savour a bottle over food and more prone to drink simply for pleasure. They are also less aware of its cultural significance to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Bottle of 1773 French wine fetches record

An amateur wine group paid a record 57,000 euros ($A75,925) for a 237-year-old bottle of wine from France's eastern Jura region at a local wine festival auction. "Finally, yellow wine has hit the big leagues," said wine fes [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Zut alors! French wine falls to fifth place with Britons

We are also downing more ‘new world’ wines than those from the centuries-old producers in Europe. French wine, once the most dominant on British shelves, has slid to fifth behind Australia, California, Italy and now South [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

SA wine beats French in Britain

The latest report from the marketing research agency AC Nielson shows SA wine sales grew by 20% in volume to 12.27 million 9-litre-cases. French sales fell by 12% to 12.266 million 9-litre-cases. This was for the twelve month period [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

French wine - there's plenty of life in the old dog yet

"French wine sales go plonk in the UK," declared one gleeful headline. "Humiliation for French," said another with more than a trace of revenge-taking on a nation for having better cooking, better dress sense and being o [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

French wine at risk without climate pact: Greenpeace

French wines, the country's pride, are looking at a grim future failing an ambitious deal on climate change at the upcoming UN summit in Denmark, 50 top chefs and winemakers and Greenpeace warned Tuesday. "Climate change has made vine [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Celebrate the Tour de France with fine French wines.

When most people think of fine wine, the Tenderloin is probably not high on their list, unless they happen to be planning a Bev-Mo run. However, even in these shady byways and backalleys, culture has found a place to roost. Rather than a pu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

French wine labels sometimes depart from convention

Just when the French wine labels at a recent tasting were beginning to make sense, I stumbled across one that was totally different from the restThat was the label for the "dinosaur wine," which everybody at the March 24 French wi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

French wines perk up Pinoy palates

AN evening of “wining and dining” marked the recent visit of two French executives from one of France’s most popular wine brands, Les Vins Skalli. Etienne Godard, Skalli international export manager, and Patrick Lachapelle [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Grapes of Wrath for French wine?

In Bordeaux, France’s most profitable wine region, the global credit crunch have brought sales skidding to a halt. Importers are struggling to find affordable credit lines. Retailers are liquidating stock rather than placing new orde [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Best French Wine

In France, there are four legal "ranks" or ratings of French wine, which serves as a good indicator of its relative quality and pricing. The ranking usually appears on the label, and indicates (from highest to lowest) the general [...]