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Doing Sober October? The ‘dry tripping’ travel trend is for you

Alcohol-free tours and hotel mocktail menus prove you don’t need to drink to enjoy a holiday.

Climate

‘A tough year’: Is French wine doomed by unpredictable weather?

Frost, fungus and record rainfall have left winemakers in France 'exhausted'.

Food and Drink

France to pay €120 million to uproot 30,000 hectares of vineyards

France plans to uproot 30,000 hectares of grape vines as wine consumption continues to drop.

Food and Drink

Sip happens: Sangria with €120,000 worth of Petrus, anyone?

A video posted online has become the subject of numerous outraged comments. It shows patrons of a bar on the Côte d'Azur concocting a sangria with one of the world's most expensive wines...

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Food and Drink

Bottoms up! British wine enjoys exports boom as vineyards expand

More vineyards and big money investors herald a golden age for the British wine industry as it gears up to take on Europe’s elite.

Europe News

How are Belgian vineyards adapting to climate change?

Winegrowers in Belgium's Walloon region are adapting their wine growing technique due to the growing threat of climate change.

Food and Drink

What is a bacaro? Inside Venice’s beloved traditional bars

Bacari are places where people normally go before lunch or dinner for an aperitif of spritz and cicchetti.

Food and Drink

How a Croatian town uses a natural underwater cellar to age its wine

A unique geological phenomenon is transforming the world of wine in a small, coastal Croatian town.

Culture news

Still toast-worthy? 19th-century Champagne found in Baltic Sea

The ancient ship was found loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water.

Destinations

Why I chose to holiday in Romania this year

With Romania now in the Schengen Zone, it means arrivals from within the free travel area are smoother and swifter.

Food and Drink

Come dining in Porto: Fine flavours, history and texture

With a stunning roster of dynamic, top-end restaurants, the northern Portuguese food capital is a breath, and a taste, of fresh air.

Lifestyle

Hundreds of Italian residents join their mayor on weight loss walks

A small Italian town mayor's fight to loss weight has gone viral after he campaigned for company on his weekly walks.

Europe News

Want to learn about the French wine industry? Now you can

Les Caves du Louvre in Paris was once a wine cellar supplying royalty.

Food and Drink

Pour decision? Why rosé with ice is not a faux pas

Debate rages every summer about ice cubes in wine. Here’s why the controversy around rosé on the rocks needs to be dispelled and why you shouldn't fear the "piscine".

Culture news

World’s oldest liquid wine found in 2,000-year-old Roman tomb in Spain

The reddish-brown, sherry-like wine was found in an unlooted tomb and confirmed to be a local variety by the University of Córdoba.

Moments

New train routes let you explore one of Italy’s top food regions

Six return train services are now running on weekdays between the towns of Asti and Alba.

Art

Eco-conscious film and photography pioneers exhibit at Saatchi Gallery

A new exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London plays host to a collection of eco-conscious photographers and filmmakers, whose works aim to create communicative boundaries between art and the environment.

Destinations

Get a taste of French wine and history with this €10 a day rail pass

The region is home to famous French cities like Toulouse, Nîmes and Montpellier.

Culture news

Angelina Jolie forced to release NDAs: What might they reveal?

Angelina Jolie must produce eight years’ worth of non-disclosure agreements, a court has ordered, as part of her legal battle with ex-husband Brad Pitt over their French winery.

Eco-Innovation

How climate change is threatening one of Portugal’s best carbon sinks

For each kilogram of cork produced, the trees can capture 73 kg of CO2, according to Portugal's leading cork company.