Tag Archives: France
Wine maps take a central spot at Waitrose
How Waitrose is using maps as a way to market French wine. A map in the sotre is a way customers can visualize what the geographical indications in the bottle labels mean. Continue reading
Visiting the Gers, France, home of Armagnac
Medieval castles, villages that look like out of a fairy-tale, bottles of years-old Armagnac, foie-gras…this is the departement du Gers in South-West France, roughly half-way between Bordeaux and Toulouse. If you are looking for a real gastronomic experience in rural … Continue reading
The Gruyère war
The European Union has settled the dispute for the concession of an AOP label to French Gruyere. The ruling rejects the French claim for the Gruyere cheese AOP. Continue reading
Discover another millenary product: Sel de Guérande
Sel de Guérande o Sea Salt from Guérande, in France comes from one of the oldest saltwords still in operation, on France’s Atlantic coast. Continue reading
the Cheese of the Kings…or the King of Cheeses!
Brie Cheese has a very long tradition, it used to be the favourite cheese of the French kings, and therefore was called also the king of cheeses Continue reading
The “Salon du Fromage”
The Salon du Fromage is France’s largest cheese exhibit and trade fair. It is an occasion to meet the country’s leading cheese producers. Continue reading
The Economist on cheese and national identity in France
Commenting on cheese and the national identity of France Continue reading
More from TED: Dr. William Li’s list of antiangiogenic foods
Dr.William Li list of antiangiogenic foods as presented at TED Conference Continue reading
