It’s taken as read that the Christmas and New Year celebrations will be accompanied by a bottle or two of Festive Fizz.

Personally speaking, I am a big fan of French sparkling wine at this time of year and  I don’t necessarily mean champagne.

However, if you insist on buying champagne, my one piece of … Read More

Each year, on the stroke of midnight on the third Thursday of November, the festivities surrounding Beaujolais Nouveau kick off in France.

With a song and a dance and quite often a lot of fireworks, France celebrates the arrival of the first wine of the season. Beaujolais is the southernmost department of the Burgundy … Read More