With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start shopping and preparing for perhaps the most important meal of the year: Christmas dinner. In France, it takes places on Christmas Eve and lasts well into the small hours of Christmas morning. Known as Réveillon, a traditional French Christmas dinner…
Part 2 of the French Waterways guide to French wine looks at the king of vin, Bordeaux wine. A wine region that needs no introduction, Bordeaux produces some of the world’s finest wines. Any discerning wine connoisseur includes Bordeaux clarets in their collection. Bottles from some of the region’s most…
We all have a favourite wine, or wines. But we never say never to discovering something new! So we delight in bringing you the best of wine cruises and wine tasting from our luxury hotel barges. You’ll be shipping cases home before you’ve even left the cellar. A good wine tasting…
Taking a look at the best France bloggers counts as one of the most entertaining ways to get real insight into the country. Our blog readers obviously think so too because our top 10 blogs about France 2016 published last year is one of our most popular posts. So popular in fact…
There are no less than 41 UNESCO world heritage sites in France, a country that boasts the fourth highest number in the world. For fans of French culture and scenery, this ranking will come as no surprise; France enjoys, after all, a reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful…
Alsace wine doesn’t immediately spring to mind when French wine is mentioned, but this idyllic part of France is a must-visit for anyone who enjoys a glass of vin blanc. Not only are there 53 Appellations d’Origine Contrôlées waiting to be discovered in Alsace; all your senses will be rewarded,…
Your cruise starts the moment you set foot on deck, but your boating holiday in France begins as soon as your plane lands. What will you see and eat before your vacation even starts… En route to your boating holiday in France, make the most of the bit in between and explore your…
