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Corbières

Maxime Magnon: La mise en bouteille in the suburbs

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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The Château la Baronne: treasure hunting in the Corbières

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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Domaine de Fontsainte: why all roads lead to Boutenac

July 30, 2009

The tiny hamlet of Boutenac, with its square with a fountain, café, church and chateau, looks like most other tiny habitations in the Languedoc-Roussillon’s Corbières, one of France’s largest wine appellations. In the five minutes since my arrival, I had already driven around the hamlet twice; if you’re going to get lost anywhere, make certain [...]

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