The great mass producers of the Languedoc plains may be in trouble (see wine news on this earlier in the year) but the individual domaines in the hills of Languedoc-Roussillon are on a roll. And no wonder for they offer some of the best-value hand-made wines of France – even if too many of them are becoming aware of this and prices are starting to rise. One small sign that things are going well for the region's best small-scale producers is that the mobile bottling lines on which they all depend are booked up for three months in advance, for...
24 Jun 2002