L'ART DE VIVRE

The end of the week is always a pleasant moment and nothing beats celebrating the start of the weekend with an After Week evening at the Domaine de la Baume. La Baume is part of the Grand Chais de France group which owns a dozen estates and is present commercially all around the world. They are best known for their wine J.P. Chenet, which is the most widely distributed French brand in the world. Domaine de la Baume is situated in near Pézenas, just along the river La Baume, h

Summer is the perfect time to go to the beach and eat some yummy seafood so it's natural that I gravitated towards a creamy salmon tagliatelle pairing with this wonderful Clos Bagatelle Saint-Chinian wine. This light summery wine is a blend of Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Carignan Blanc. This mixture makes for a perfectly fruity and mineral wine, perfect for seafood dishes and especially salmon recipes. Fresh salmon can be a tricky thing to master especially because it cooks

When you start delving into the world of wine you'll start to realise that it can get really confusing. Between the different glass shapes for which colour wine you're drinking and then another glass for champagne and then a few others for fortified wine, you'll end up feeling you need 30 different glasses in order to be in the norm in terms of glassware and then a question creeps up in your mind... ..Does it really make a difference what glass you use to drink wine? The shor