Tag: Madiran

• Wines of Southwest France: What’s Old is New Again

  

  How often do you enjoy wines from Southwest France? Can you name any of the appellations or the wines they produce? Wines of Southwest France, Sud-Ouest in French, has been cultivating vineyards since about 125 BC! What the Romans began long ago was continued by Catholic Monks during the Middle Ages and later vignerons. Furthermore,…

  Michelle Williams

  January 22, 2018

  Wine, wine education, wine review, Wine Star Award, Wines of Southwest France, Winetasting

  2011 Château Bouscassé Tannat Madiran France, 2014 Château Lamartine Prestige du Malbec Cahors France, 2015 Domaine du Cros Fer Servadou Marcillac France, 2015 Elian Da Ros Abouriou Marmande France, 2016 Château Laulerie Bergerac Sec Bergerac France, Bergerac, Cahors, Madiran, Marcillac, Marmande, Southwest France, wine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, wine review, wine tasting, Wines of Southwest France

• #Winophiles Showdown: Madiran vs Applegate Valley

  

  This month our French Winophiles group is exploring a more obscure region of France: Sud Ouest, aka Southwest France. Although it is the 5th largest wine producing region in France, its location, tucked away between the Pyrénées Mountains and Spain to the south and Bordeaux to the north, results in a sparsely populated area. Sud Ouest…

  Michelle Williams

  July 15, 2017

  Applegate Valley AVA, Madiran, wine

  #Winophiles, 2009 Brumont Chateau Montus Madiran France, 2014 Troon Vineyard Blue Label Estate Tannat Applegate Valley USA, Applegate Valley, Craig Camp, France, French Paradox, French Wine, Gascony, Madiran, Malbec, Oregon, Southwest France, Sud Ouest, Tannat, The Wine Diet, Troon Vineyards, wine, wine health benefits, wine review