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Wine tourism

Vinécole: A Languedoc-Roussillon wine education

June 9, 2010

The Languedoc-Roussillon, extending from Nîmes and Montpellier in the east and reaching as far southwest as the Spanish border, is arguably the most exciting wine region in the world. About a quarter of all wine-producing vines in France are located here, with the topography and soil types ranging from the dry, low-lying, scrubland-on-limestone soils of [...]

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The City of Vines and Wine reveals many secrets

May 8, 2010

Located in the heart of the Languedoc vineyards, the Cité de la Vigne et du Vin offers a unique look at viticultural and oenology research being done by France’s INRA agronomical research institute. The magic “Four Seasons Symphony” greenhouse (above and right) allows visitors to discover the various vegetative cycle stages of grapevines. For almost [...]

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Teaching a dog a new trick while hiking in the Pyrenees

April 25, 2010

Our two-and-a-half hour hike up a broad glacial valley had brought us to the limit of our energy reserves. We–myself, my wife, our three young sons, and our family dog, a four-year-old, half-Italian, half-English black Labrador named Enzo—were on our second hike, in as many days, in the Pyrenees. Our base was Luchon, a spa [...]

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A birthday salute to American Founding Father
and Vintner in Chief Thomas Jefferson

April 15, 2010

This being the birthday week of Thomas Jefferson, it’s worth recognizing one of the greatest American wine lovers of all time. Jefferson’s passion for wine began at a young age, and one of the first structures at his famous Monticello estate was a wine cellar. When he arrived in Paris in 1784 as the United [...]

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‘May I suggest an excellent biodynamic vineyard tour,
followed by a visit to a 15th-century church, sir?’

March 15, 2010

Regular readers of The Vine Route already know about my interest in wine tourism. One of my first articles on this blog was about a VinExpo conference on the subject. And I’ve just put the final touches on a southern Corsica wine tourism guide for Wink Lorch’s www.winetravelguides.com website. So I was excited, yet a [...]

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