May 18, 2009
For over a thousand years pilgrims have made the small villages that dot the foothills of France’s Massif Central, where the plateau of Larzac drops down to the Mediterranean, a stopping point on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Whereas pilgrims in medieval times were seeking absolution from their sins, my wife and [...]
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May 16, 2009
The first thing you notice about the Château des Estanilles is that it’s closer to a Roman villa than a chateau. I’m an American whose primary method of selecting a French wine in the Pennsylvania State Liquor Stores where I shopped for wine before coming to France was the “Château de something-or-other” on the label. [...]
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