News from Roussillon

Roussillon’s Vins Doux Naturels (fortified sweet wines) are a wonderful alternative to port so why not make them part of your Christmas celebrations by gifting a bottle or enjoying a glass by the roaring fire? The Muscat de Noël is a well-established tradition and the 2021 vintage has arrived! It is the... Read More

This is how Tamlyn Currin, who recently wrote two articles on the region for www.jancisrobinson.com, describes Roussillon.  We couldn’t agree more with her. She writes that Roussillon “has been ignorantly, lazily and damagingly lumped in as a hyphenated adjunct to Languedoc, despite the fact that its history, culture, language, climate,... Read More

2021 has been harsh to most wine regions in France, which have been blighted by frost and unfavourable weather conditions bringing mildew, oidïum, botrytis and black rot to the vineyards. On August 6th, the Ministère de l’Agriculture announced that this year’s French wine production would be even smaller than 1991... Read More

With the exception of the small south-east corner by the Mediterranean Sea and the Spanish border, where Collioure and Banyuls can be found, IGP Côtes Catalanes is present throughout the Eastern Pyrenees department where it covers 3,772 hectares of vines planted in 118 communes. The IGP Côtes Catalanes certification is... Read More

A little quirk about Côtes Catalanes’ geology is that one of its winegrowing area, the high terraces above the river Têt around Canet-en-Roussillon, is made up of a variety of rounded pebbles resulting from the erosion of the Pyrenees. These flat terraces are highly exposed and some of their wind-flattened... Read More

The Wines of Roussillon trade and press tasting and two Roussillon masterclasses took place in London on 30th June. The wines of 12 producers seeking distribution in the UK were presented to trade and press visitors in London last week. Visitors enjoyed being re-acquainted with Roussillon’s still dry and fortified... Read More

This year, AOP Collioure rouge is celebrating its 50th birthday. It was the first Roussillon dry wine to be recognised through this European designation and has aged rather well, now also available in white and rosé. AOP Collioure’s vineyards overlook the Mediterranean sea from a balcony of grey schist dating... Read More