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A bottle of French wine dating back to 1774 fetched 46,000 Swiss francs (about $49,200) at auction in Geneva on Tuesday. An anonymous internet buyer purchased the “Vin Jaune” which hail… ...
Scorching temperatures have hurt vines in southern France so much that output will fall but the hot weather could produce a vintage of "exceptional" quality, winemaker Jerome Volle said as he ...
The broadest French wine laws apply to bottles labeled Vin de France (VDF), a category of table wines that can be made from grapes of any variety, harvested anywhere in the country. But beyond ...
Bottles of French wine are labeled by regions that range from Alsace to Burgundy to Champagne. “When you order French wine, you don’t order a grape; you order an appellation or area of ...
Vintage Defined Vintage (the word is derived from vin, the French word for wine) is simply an indication that a wine was made in a particular year. More or less. The fact is, a vintage-dated wine ...
Once wine growers find a variety that works, the study reinforces, they’ll stick with it for centuries, or even millenniums.
France’s wine producers will not look back with any affection on the 2024 vintage. It has hit growers across the country with a bewildering array of problems – ‘frost, coulure, hail, mildew ...
Wilson solved the dilemma and the large French lithograph is the centerpiece of a new exhibit: “Art & Wine: The Expressions of an Industry,” which opened Thursday.
“Back to Burgundy” is hardly the first French film to use the making of wine as a backdrop, but it might be the most site specific.
One friend brought two old bottles of French wine found in a relative’s Oregon garage. The Mouton Cadet didn’t have a vintage on the label but with $4.95 price tag, one can imagine how old you ...
In 2010, French vignerons enjoyed the best of times and some so-so times. In Bordeaux, château owners are trying to hide their glee over a second potentially classic (and potentially expensive) ...