Wine & Spirits

Feisty armagnac may be small, but it punches way above its weight.

Wonderful wines can be found even among the middle and lower echelons.

In the pantheon of fermented fruits, the apple is second only to the revered grape.

Martinique, a French island in the Lesser Antilles whose rugged landscape harbors brilliant botanical gardens and whose coast is dotted with long, lovely beaches, offers plenty of the celebrated attractions of tropical islands, but...

A name that sets worldwide connoisseurs of great wine to dreaming.

For most wine lovers, the Loire Valley begins around the beautiful old city of Tours, in the heart of the vineyard country, a quick 90 minutes southwest of Paris by high-speed TGV train. But...

Alsatian grapes display varying personalities.

Of all the wines of France, champagne comes closest to perfection.

Holiday drinks from Noilly-Prat.

Le Chai Cassidain is a shop and wine bar that stocks all the best local wines, including those of the 12 different vineyards of Cassis.