By Tiffany Vernon Approx time to read: 6 minutes 30 seconds   It is likely that many of you will already be familiar with Syrah being a major star in the Rhône Valley, France. In fact, in the No...

Bastien answers some questions. Alongside his father he runs Tardieu-Laurent, a micro négociant-éleveur, based in Lourmarin, Provence, producing wines from the Northern and Southern Rhône.   ...

The Loire lies at the heart of France, in so many ways, literally and symbolic.  A fascinating region of great beauty, the Loire is steeped in history and culture, a land of contrasts –of religious...

With such diversity of geography, climate, grape variety and above all, vineyard husbandry and winemaking talent, it is incredibly difficult (some would say impossible), to make generalisations about ...

Tardieu-Laurent: An Introduction “Historically small yields… the lowest of the post-war years. These very challenging conditions gave birth to juices of such brilliant quality, which do better tha...