France

Burgundy is one of the most emblematic wine regions in the world. Get your head around the terroir essentials in our Burgundy wine region guide and Fast Facts. Our guide to Burgundy includes: the essentials of terroir (the soil types, climate, average temperatures, rainfall, longitude and …

Pretty much everyone has heard of Sancerre, the fresh Sauvignon Blanc wine from the Loire. But there is more to the Central Loire than just Sancerre, so we’ve pulled together a Central Loire guide so that you can get to grips with this wine region …

Long gone is Cognac’s heyday of having over 280,000 hectares, but this 80,000 hectare wine region is renowned worldwide for its Brandy production. Here are the fast facts and quintessential terroir information on Cognac, including the climate, geography, Cognac process and production methods (including details …

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You may be familiar with Muscadet, the emblematic wine of Pays Nantais in the Loire, but did you know that this is an area currently undergoing change? We’ve pulled together this fast facts guide to Pays Nantais to give you the lowdown on this …

Alsace – the land of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. But what more can we say about this famous wine region in the top corner of France? Here’s our Fast Facts and Alsace guide, its wines and the wine region taking in all the terroir essentials …

If you are studying for your WSET or sommelier exams, the Champagne process can seem a bewildering concept with lots of rules to learn. The CIVC (Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne) has quite rigorous regulations in terms of harvest times, yields and pressing, …

Discover the wines of Gaillac and learn the essentials of the terroir with our Fast Facts guide to this region in South-west France. Read on for the essentials of terroir (the soil types, climate, average temperatures, rainfall, longitude and latitude, and altitude); the main grape …