On a recent trip to France, I fell in love with what might be called the Cinderella of French wine regions, Languedoc. While other areas such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and Rhone get a lot of ...

Sunny, out-of-the-way Languedoc stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pyrenees in southwest France. It shares a balmy climate, winter wind, grapevines, and the sea with the better-known ...

When you think of wine produced in the south of France, your mind may quickly take you to the picturesque landscapes of Provence and the Mistral wind-blown vineyards of the Rhone. However, not far ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lana Bortolot covers the intersection of wine, business and culture. Coming over the scrubby massif from Gérard Bertrand’s wine ...

Corbieres, Minervois and Saint-Chinian might be the darlings of the Languedoc, but growers and winemakers are working hard to upgrade quality across the region. New appellations like La Clape and Pic ...

The price of a wine is, to some extent, determined by supply and demand. But supply can be plentiful, and the prices still soar. I don’t have a problem with expensive wines. They are easy to avoid.

Stretching north from the Spanish border, around the arc of the Mediterranean Sea, southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest winegrowing region in the world. Yet until the most recent few ...

The seemingly sleepy Occitanie area in the South of France—stretching from the lavender-studded Provence to the Pyrenees—is wrapped in acres of vineyard, sunflower meadows, and dotted with chateaux.