After enjoying the wine routes and little villages of the Alsace region we decided to wind along another wine route a little further west and this time embarked on the Route des Grands Crus, which starts in Dijon and follows the old N74,newly renamed D974 road all the way down to Beaune. It is a beautiful drive along narrow wine-lined country roads past the grand entrances to the big wine […]
We spent a few weeks exploring the picture-book villages, towering chateaus, ancient wineries and stunning countryside in the Alsace in early August and found the multi-cultural area captivating. If the Alsace region in France were a mix-tape it would feature the tracks from the Sound of Music, accordion Volkesmusic and a few chansons française. Such is the mash-up of French, German and Austrian cultures in this mid-east region of France […]
Piedmont is Italy’s second largest region and is a big wine-producing area with approximately 45,000 hectares under vine. The name, Piedmont, translates to foot of the mountains, and the mountains form a backdrop to almost everywhere you go – with the Alps in the north and west and the Apennines in the south. We put our toe in the waters of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region when we spent […]