Gastronomy

10/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

France's teetotallers flex their market muscles

Wine, champagne, cognac, or pastis - four world famous French alcoholic drinks which are hard to separate from French culture.

23/02/2012 - France - China

France's Moët Hennessy to make red wine in China

Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits arm of the French luxury group LVMH, will start producing a high-quality red wine in China in four to five years.

20/02/2012 - On-the-spot France

The fast food revolution à la francaise

France, home to gastronomy and the long Sunday lunch is undergoing a food mini-revolution.

14/02/2012 - France

French wine and spirits exports soar to record 10.1 billion euros

France’s income from wine and spirits exports soared 10.5 per cent to 10.1 billion euros in 2011.

03/02/2012

African press review 3 February 2012

The jail sentence fo one of Egypt's most famous comic actors, Senegalese anger with France and the US and controversy over the gift by the Chinese of the African Union's headquarters all make the ...

26/01/2012 - On-the-spot France

France's teetotallers flex their market muscles

Wine, champagne, cognac, or pastis - four world famous French alcoholic drinks which are hard to separate from French culture.

23/01/2012 - France - Unesco

25,000-year-old cave paintings and Burgundy wine bid for World Heritage status

A cave containing 25,000-year-old paintings and the climats of one the world’s most famous wine regions are France’s candidates to be added to the UN’s World Heritage status in ...

20/12/2011 - France

Bake My Day - French police hunt armed croissant robber

French police said Tuesday they are hunting a man in his 40s who has held up a series of bakeries in Paris suburbs to steal croissants and other pastries.

14/12/2011 - France - China

Chinese wines beat Bordeaux in Beijing blind-tasting

Wines from the remote Chinese region of Ningxia have beaten top Bordeaux châteaux at a blind-tasting in Beijing.

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07/12/2011 - On-the-spot France

France's independent wine-makers gather for Paris wine-fest

France is Europe’s biggest wine producer - around 50 million hectolitres in 2011. Great news, but you’ve got to sell all those bottles and that’s a real challenge.