When visiting Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and the surrounding region in southwestern France, you’ll likely see shop windows lined with little cakes shaped like large gumdrops or […]
Brief History of Cannelés – & Some of the Best in Bordeaux
Bordeaux & Aquitaine
Can Space-Grown Vines Offer Clues to the Future of French Winemaking?
These France-based companies have teamed up to find out. It sounds like something straight from a sci-fi novel: scientists developing new techniques for growing edible […]
Bordeaux’s Cité du Vin: A Modern Temple to Wine
It would take a 21st-century team of curators and wine experts for Bordeaux to get its Cité du Vin, a massive complex dedicated to wine […]
Best Places for Wine Tasting in Bordeaux: Bars & More in the City Center
A few years ago, I spent a little under six weeks living and working in Bordeaux, as I prepared to write a local guide. Like […]
The Weird History of French Macarons: From Nunnery Cake to Parisian Trend
The history of the French macaron is a strange and winding one, as I first discovered during a trip to the fortified French medieval town […]
