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• FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY - 7
  FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY - 7 with Gill Storey In July I talked about various movements which arose out of Romanticism, but later poets took up the cause of Symbolism (also known as the Decadents). They wished to move away from the somewhat impersonal standpoint of the Parnassiens, breaking (...) read more...



• The TGV: Perpignan - Barcelona in 50 mins
  TGV: Perpignan - Barcelona in 50 mins 2013 April Scheduled since early January to finally begin on April 28th 2013, the date of the first TGV to run from Perpignan to Barcelona has once again been postponed, this time until an unconfirmed May 26th. Reading down this page at (...) read more...



• So very Céret: Cherries and Bandas
  Céret Cherry Festival Delayed, But Bandas Keep the Beat With Elaine Koerner Despite the postponing of the Céret cherry festival until the first weekend in June, there will be a communal meal in Place de la Liberté on Saturday evening (18th May 2013), that will feature some cherry (...) read more...



• Guide to French Wine
  Guide to French Wine For people coming from the UK, French wines can pose a bit of a conundrum. Many British wine drinkers are used to New World Wines which name the grape variety on the label. In France, generally only certain Vin de Pays wines name the variety. These are known as (...) read more...



• Sunday in Saint Cyprien
  Sunday Morning in Saint Cyprien with John Black What day of the week do I look forward to the most? Unusual as it may sound for some people, it’s Sunday. Not only do I stay in bed longer, as most of us do I am sure, but I get to look forward to my Sunday ritual of breakfast al (...) read more...



• Cream in France
  Double and whipping cream in France Crème.... ……. fraîche– sour cream ……. chantilly - sweetened whipped cream. ……. fleurette - liquid heavy cream. ………fouettée - whipping cream. ………légère - (...) read more...



• Vin de Pays and Appellation Controlée explained
  Vin de Pays and Appellation Controlée explained. by Jonathan Hesford of Domaine Treloar I find a lot of people ask me what is the difference between Vin de Table, Vin de Pays and Appellation Controlée wine. Here is an attempt to explain it in the context of the Languedoc-Roussillon. The (...) read more...



• FRENCH POEMS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND SPRINGTIME
  FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY with Gill Storey In school, some of us read French poems and even enjoyed them but others did not. To fill in the gaps for people who missed out on the pleasure and to show that French poetry is not so different from the poems in English which we can all enjoy, I (...) read more...



• PO Vin Nature
  PO: World Leader in Vin Nature With Ted Krasny Apart from a couple of sweet wines, Banyuls and Maury, PO has long been a backwater in the French wine world. Things are changing, though, as the department and its region has become a leading producer of vin nature. The term (...) read more...



• FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY - 5
  FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY - 5 with Gill Storey This last week I have been working very hard in our potager, trying to catch up with the delays caused by the weather in spring. As I was toiling, a few lines kept coming into my mind, and I thought this would be a good poem to pass on. When we (...) read more...

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