Wines of Champagne, France

Geography & Climate Champagne is the most northerly wine region in France, about 90miles Northeast of Paris.  The climate here is extreme; bone-chilling cold in winter with damaging frost but hot, humid in the summer.  Once a seabed...

Wines of Burgundy (Bourgognes), France

Bordeaux might rule the West of France with its Cabernet and Merlot blends but on the other side of the country, by the border of Italy lies another magnificent wine region, it’s intriguing, elegant, complex and definitely world-class,...

Wines of Bordeaux, France

Far to the west edging the Atlantic ocean lies one of the most important wine regions in the world, Bordeaux.  The province is named after the port-city Bordeaux, and it is home to over 10.000 wine producers together...

Wines of Alsace, France

Geography & Climate Alsace is a thin strip of land running along the Vosges Mountain on the West and the Rhein River to the East. Only after Champagne, it is the second most northerly wine region in France...