Taste France Magazine UK

Vin De France wines: Liberty, Quality, Creativity

If you told a wine lover, wine critic or wine importer that they could only drink the wines of one country for the rest of their life, most – almost certainly – would choose France.

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ARTICLE

The French Classics Return

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RECIPE

Puy lentils and seasonal veg curry

FEATURE STORY

Quarry Wines

ARTICLE

Champagne is rising to the challenge of global warming

The essentials

Sweet products

Apéritif Gets a Twist in the Time of Social Distancing

It’s the end of the day in France, which can only mean one thing: it’s l’heure de l’apéritif, a pre-dinner drinking tradition that has remained a pillar of French culture for generations. But with COVID-19 keeping people at home and the usual gathering places tightly shut, the ritual needed to adapt to the times.

FACTS

France was the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food.

Label Rouge

The Label rouge is a French quality label that applies to products that have been produced or prepared in a way that ensures a superior quality over other similar products.

Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG)

This label is granted to products made using a traditional recipe or production method.

Protected designation of origin (PDO)

For a product to be granted the Protected Designation of Origin label, every stage of its production, processing and preparation must take place in the same particular region.