It's an industry truism that professional tour guides love to tout their own destinations, sometimes coming up with prideful superlatives that can be a bit hard for visitors to swallow. It was, ...

The Languedoc Roussillon region sometimes gets overlooked when it comes to wine regions in France. What a shame. Like many wine regions in France, including the Rhone region, Loire Valley and Bordeaux ...

From Provence to the shadow of the Pyrenees and with miles of azure Mediterranean coastline, Languedoc-Roussillon may be the south of France’s best-kept secret. History buffs will be captivated; the ...

We traveled all the way to the South of France to learn about some of the wines you probably don't know about but that should ...

Stretching north from the Spanish border, around the arc of the Mediterranean Sea, southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest winegrowing region in the world. Yet until the most recent few ...

A haven for wine lovers, if the Languedoc-Roussillon isn’t on your bucket list, it should be. With its thriving wine tourism and vast parcels of vineyards – springtime is a wonderful time to visit ...

Corbieres, Minervois and Saint-Chinian might be the darlings of the Languedoc, but growers and winemakers are working hard to upgrade quality across the region. New appellations like La Clape and Pic ...

Coming over the scrubby massif from Gérard Bertrand’s wine estate in La Clape, a sub-appellation of the Languedoc, the sky drops down to the sea and after a few winds of the road—like the clicks in a ...

What's in the name? Languedoc literally means "language of yes" – langue d'oc – but obviously something goes missing in translation. "Oc" was how the Occitan-speaking inhabitants of this part of south ...

While it might not be as well-known as other wine regions, Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France is the largest vine-growing area in the world. Particularly known for its red wines, which flourish ...

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For this region, once known for its vast output of inexpensive wines, the journey toward recognition has been long and winding. Is a destination any closer? By Eric Asimov Not so long ago, the ...