It is generally agreed that wine has been around for millennia. In the present state of our knowledge, one of the first certified wine makers was discovered in Iran, on the northern mountains of Zagros. It was Andre Tchernia, archaeologist and one of the best specialists in the wines of antiquity, who reported: ”The remains of a yellowish residue deposited on the wall of a Neolithic jar, 7,000 years old, found at Read More ...
A wine tasting event in central London will be hosting wines from seven different wine estates. The event is called Secret from Corsica and will be held at Baranis on October 17th. There will be wines available from Domaine Canarelli, Domaine de Tanella, Domaine Sant’Armettu, Domaine Culombu, Domaine Santini, and Domaine Cordoliani. The Corsican wine board is called CIVCORSE and is hosting the tasting events for professionals in the trade Read More ...
An Advertising Feature France is well known for its love of good food and wine. And getting the cheapest flights to the country is easy. Everybody knows about the more unusual foods the French eat – snails and frog’s legs – but those are not necessarily the best things about French cuisine. What about the more standard regional delicacies? Here is a loose by-region guide to French food (which does Read More ...
The river cruise specialists, VFB Holidays, are inviting wine lovers to join them on a floating hotel to cruise of the majestic rivers of France, and visit the most celebrated of this country’s world famous vineyards. This grand cruise gives you the opportunity to enjoy waste tasting in all the key regions of France, including Beaujolais, Cote de Beaune, Vivarais, Cassis and Chateauneuf-du-Pape. By spending 5 nights on the splendid Read More ...
Cognac is essentially the king of the crop when it comes to brandy and is produced in the Charente and Charente Maritime areas of France taking its name from a local town. Cognac has to be made under the most extreme and precise regulations. Deviating from this just slightly would turn Cognac into just a normal brandy. There are seven areas in France that have been designated as Cognac producing Read More ...
In some of the regions of the world the regional specialties remain within the area but many of them become famous around the world and are enjoyed by many. Within the region of their origin you will usually find the dishes prepared with a higher quality including the ingredients. And in each region there is the typical way in which the ingredients are chosen and how the food is cooked. Read More ...
The famous Montbéliarde cattle, who produce the milk used in the making of the delicious French Comté cheese, are not only given personal names by some farmers but it is also decreed by law that they must have at least 21/2 acres of pasture land to graze on. The flavour of Comté cheese is completely unique, thanks to the diet of the cows being totally natural, and changing with the Read More ...
St. Cezaire de Siagne roughly translates to the Attics of Ceasar, giving it Roman origin from sometime around 154 BC and is most likely a reference to the areas importance of being a source of olive oil and wheat during Roman times. Mules would have trekked these two products down to the port in Frejus. During times of trouble the town was protected by three gates that helped guard the Read More ...
Mostly grown in France, Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, truffles are a very rare type of mushroom that is edible. In the Oregon and Washington states in the US, they are also collected. They grow underground among the roots of pine, oak, elm and willow trees, thus forming a symbiotic environmental relationship. The difficulty for them to be grown commercially or to be cost effective has made the price of truffles Read More ...
BRITISH CHEF LAUNCHES “FAMOUS LAST SUPPER” COOKERY COURSES IN FRANCE Based upon some of history’s most famous Last Suppers a French cookery school has launched a new course. Jim Fisher, British chef, is the brains behind the new course and is a former finalist for the BBC’s Masterchef and since has worked with the likes of Alistair Little, Tony Tobin and Rick Stein. Now running his own school in the Read More ...
