Grilling stuff: southern French red wines for barbecues
As the coals sizzle, these reds really come into their own - all you need now is some sunshine
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As the coals sizzle, these reds really come into their own - all you need now is some sunshine
A FANTASTIC wine holiday is up for grabs for customers of Martinez Wine in Ilkley.
It has been two years since my last visit to Languedoc-Roussillon, that glorious slice of southern France that stretches along the Mediterranean between Carcassonne and Nîmes, and I miss the sunshine, the accent, the scented brush and the wine. In this most generous of regions, the ends of words are closed (“byeng” for bien; “vang” for vin) but everything else is wide open: the coastline curves like an embrace and wine flows unstinting from vast vineyards. This hasn’t always worked out well for the inhabitants, but as we have just lived through the Year of the Big No, I long for...