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14/05/2012 - France

French pensioner ready to die to stop pet wild boar being seized

An 83-year-old former wine-grower says that he’d rather die than let game-wardens take away a wild boar he has reared at his home since finding it in the wild 14 months ago.

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.

28/04/2012 - Webwatch

Fancy a glass of virtual wine?

Nowadays almost anything can be shared on the internet: photos, videos, music, you name it. Even a glass of wine. How does virtual wine-testing work?

02/03/2012 - France

New French law makes alcohol tests mandatory in every car

It will be mandatory in France for all motorists to have a breathalyser test in the car, under a new rule to take effect on 1 July.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.