Languedoc Roussillon wine region Archives - FrenchDuck.com https://frenchduck.com/latest/category/frenchwine/languedoc/ Latest on the best of France, French Wine, French Food, Travel, Holidays and Events Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://frenchduck.com/latest/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/fflag_100.jpg Languedoc Roussillon wine region Archives - FrenchDuck.com https://frenchduck.com/latest/category/frenchwine/languedoc/ 32 32 36330165 Roussillon – Vineyard Rambles with Domaine Jones https://frenchduck.com/latest/vineyard-rambles-with-domaine-jones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vineyard-rambles-with-domaine-jones Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:22:17 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=33666 Fancy a vineyard ramble from your armchair? Brit Katie Jones owns vineyards in the Corbieres/Cotes du Roussillon/Fitou area of southern France around Tuchan (11 Aude, Occitanie) in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Her YouTube channel features a number of rambles through the vineyards, where you can explore the beautiful landscape and learn about wine-making and […]

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]]> 33666 Tuchan – Domaine Jones is 10 years old! https://frenchduck.com/latest/domaine-jones-is-10-years-old/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=domaine-jones-is-10-years-old https://frenchduck.com/latest/domaine-jones-is-10-years-old/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:05:54 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=7500 Domaine Jones is 10 years old! – 10 years since Katie Jones embarked on a mad adventure to make wines in the Roussillon/Fitou region of southern France at Tuchan (11 Aude, Occitanie) “We started in 2009 with just one vineyard in the village of Maury and made a couple of hundred cases. The plan at […]

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]]> https://frenchduck.com/latest/domaine-jones-is-10-years-old/feed/ 0 7500 Cap d’Agde wine festival https://frenchduck.com/latest/cap-dagde-wine-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cap-dagde-wine-festival Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:39:15 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=19749 The coastal town of Cap d’Agde (34 Herault, Occitanie) holds an annual wine festival (Vinocap) 9 – 11 May 2024 With all the wines of the south to explore for 3 days, visitors can explore the largest open air wine fair in the South of France with 90+ producer/exhibitors coming mainly from the 19 communes of the […]

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]]> 19749 The Top places to visit in France https://frenchduck.com/latest/top-places-to-visit-in-france-the-best-loved-french-monuments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-places-to-visit-in-france-the-best-loved-french-monuments Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:29:08 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=18672 French TV Channel France 2 has published a list of the Top places to visit in France as voted by the French! (see map at bottom of page) Arras – Belfry (Le Beffroi d’Arras) (62 Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Marseille – Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde (13 Bouches-du-Rhône, PACA) Ardeche – Pont d’Arc cave paintings […]

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]]> 18672 Wine and Eels at Gruissan https://frenchduck.com/latest/wine-and-eels-at-gruissan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wine-and-eels-at-gruissan Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:30:23 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=18520 The coastal town of Gruissan (11 Aude, Occitanie) is near Narbonne and is part of the Corbières wine appellation. The wine harvest festival is held over an October weekend. 18 October 2025. The day offers opportunities to visit and taste wines in the cellars of local vignerons. The Corbières wines made here are quite different from […]

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]]> 18520 Sète – Maritime Festival https://frenchduck.com/latest/maritime-festival-at-sete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maritime-festival-at-sete https://frenchduck.com/latest/maritime-festival-at-sete/#respond Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:47:26 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=5803 Ship festival on the Med

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]]> https://frenchduck.com/latest/maritime-festival-at-sete/feed/ 0 5803 Limoux Carnaval and Brass https://frenchduck.com/latest/limoux-carnaval/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=limoux-carnaval https://frenchduck.com/latest/limoux-carnaval/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:02:11 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=5216 The town of Limoux (11 Aude, Occitanie) south of Carcassonne and in the foothills of the Pyrenees, brightens up the winter months with its Carnaval which it claims as one of the longest in the World often running from January- mid March or later (26 January – 6 April 2025 various dates – see www.limouxin-tourisme.com […]

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]]> https://frenchduck.com/latest/limoux-carnaval/feed/ 0 5216 South of France comes to London https://frenchduck.com/latest/south-of-france-comes-to-london/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-of-france-comes-to-london https://frenchduck.com/latest/south-of-france-comes-to-london/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:05:13 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=4742 From 17 – 30 September 2011 the south of France comes to London with the Sud de France Festival. This series of events is designed to promote the food and wine of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. There are numerous tutored tastings of the region’s increasingly impressive wines and opportunities to sample and buy food and other […]

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]]> https://frenchduck.com/latest/south-of-france-comes-to-london/feed/ 0 4742 French Wine and Abbeys https://frenchduck.com/latest/french-wine-and-abbeys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-wine-and-abbeys https://frenchduck.com/latest/french-wine-and-abbeys/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:14:28 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=3809 There has long been a connection between monastic orders and alcohol – just think of Chatreuse (made by Carthusian Monks, popular since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbal extracts – and still made under the supervision of monks from the monastery). or Benedictine (originally made as a medicinal liqueur […]

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]]> https://frenchduck.com/latest/french-wine-and-abbeys/feed/ 0 3809 Limoux – Brass music festival https://frenchduck.com/latest/brass-music-festival-in-limoux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brass-music-festival-in-limoux https://frenchduck.com/latest/brass-music-festival-in-limoux/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:26:09 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=3706 We tend to connect Brass Bands with gritty northern towns in the UK, but by way of contrast the town of Limoux (11 Aude, Occitanie), south of Carcassonne. is hosting a Brass Band Festival (Festival Limoux Cuivrée Spéciale) from 25 – 28 April 2024. Amongst the bands appearing in recent years have been the UK’s […]

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