June 18, 2011
The Hautes Corbières, smack dab in the middle of the Languedoc and Roussillon regions that political convention have linked together as the Languedoc-Roussillon, is the wild west of French wine country. Incredibly tough terrain, windswept by the tramontane winds that come howling in from the northwest, this unspoiled country is really only good for two [...]
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October 21, 2009
The Château la Baronne sits in the shadow of a long, humpback whale-shaped mountain, the Montagne d’Alaric, which dominates the Aude valley between Narbonne and Carcassonne. Only 600 meters in height, the mountain reminded me of the Appalachian mountains that I explored in my youth: well-worn, ancient summits with broad, rounded shoulders. In comparison to [...]
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