Our latest Wine Aid box celebrates both the wild and remote subzone of Fitou and two happy-loving couples that produce wine there. One of the very first granted appellation in the southern French region of Languedoc, Fitou consists of two…
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Posted on 2020.08.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Back in 1976, Isabelle Champart, a Parisian with a degree in Geography, and her husband Mathieu, from a family of farmers in Champagne, began cultivating vines on a humble 20 acre farmstead. For close to twelve years they sold their…
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Posted on 2020.07.14 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
All of our holiday weekend plans probably look a little different this year. In lieu of large gatherings most of us are likely planning to stay at home, perhaps tidy up our outdoor spaces, maybe throw a more intimate party…
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Posted on 2020.06.30 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“Wine is bottled poetry.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Introducing The Robert Louis Stevenson, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of ripe and lush red wine from the appellations of Faugères, Terrasses du Larzac, and Saint-Chinian — appellations that…
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Posted on 2020.05.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“What I dream of is an art of balance.” — Henri Matisse Introducing The Matisse, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of Red Wine illustrating the rich fruit and herbal fragrant wines from vineyards across southern France’s Languedoc-Rousillon…
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Posted on 2020.04.28 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cézanne Introducing The Cézanne, a $260 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of Red Wine illustrating a range of ripe and luscious flavors and aromas…
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Posted on in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
Fitou, a wild and remote subzone on the Languedoc-Roussillon border, is the very first granted appellation in that region. It consists of two small enclaves within Corbières: Fitou Maritime, a clay-limestone band around the saltwater lagoons on the coast, and…
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Posted on 2020.01.23 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
The Côte Vermeille (vermillion coast) is a 13 mile long stretch of beaches, small bays, creeks, and coves nested along the coastline of southern France on the border of Catalunya. This romantic yet rugged land is where the Massif des…
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Posted on 2020.01.16 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Maxime Magnon Rozeta (Corbières 2016) RED Special 6-pack Price: $205 (~$34/bottle) We’ve been bringing in young star winemaker Maxime Magnon‘s gorgeous expressions of Corbières from reclaimed old-vine plots in high-altitude vineyards for several years now. A native of the Burgundy…
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Posted on 2020.01.03 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
The River Hérault rises out of the Cévennes mountain range, carving a path through limestone before flowing south across the fertile plain west of Montpellier and finally emptying into the Mediterranean. It cuts through the heart of the winemaking region…
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Posted on 2019.12.05 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...