Food & Drink

An article published in the May 2014 edition of Classic Wine magazine SA on pairing wine and chocolate. Despite the long-ago, almost statutory regime of ways to… Read More

Here is a way to try out some of those serious wines you’ve always wondered about but couldn’t afford. Wine Lover Without Means? Tipple Rominée-Conti At This… Read More

Among non-French speakers Alouette gentille alouette is probably one of the best known of all French songs and dates back several hundred years although it is difficult to establish… Read More

Mike Alexander writes about The Chateau de la Treyne that has been standing on the cliffs above the Dordogne River in France since the XIVth century. Read… Read More

Linen Napkin that Hides Banned Gluttony A famous and politically well-connected Bordeaux restaurateur is in the dog-box for allegedly having a range of protected birds available among… Read More

What binds the people of France together is not a religion but a national worship of food excellence. “Mike has come out of the gates with a… Read More

Making Moonshine is Illegal in France but… Making moonshine is illegal almost everywhere. However in France if you’ve a few orchards of unsold peaches or apricots and… Read More