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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.

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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.

Ecotech

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.

Earth News

Climate change blamed for worst wine harvest in 62 years

A new report shows where wine production has dried up the most in Europe.

Destinations

From chateaux to treehouses: The best French countryside hotels

From an escape to nature in the Loire Valley to an immersive experience in wine country, these hotels are some of the finest the French countryside has to offer.

Food and Drink

Are you up to the challenge of this Italian restaurant?

Did Romeo and Juliet have smartphones? We think not. An Italian restaurant in Verona is tackling a modern problem in the best way imaginable.

Cult

Damien Hirst exhibition takes over a château in Provence

This exhibition is a first for the wine estate that has been transformed into an open-air museum.

Destinations

See France by train: An insiders’ guide to secret summer escapes

Cut your travel carbon footprint with these nine French summer holiday destinations - all accessible by train.

Climate

Climate change is pitting truffle hunters against winemakers in Italy

White Alba truffles and Piedmont red wines typically pair well together. But rising temperatures are creating a rift in the region.

Art

Julien De Beaumarchais De Rothschild on putting art on wine labels

Since 1945, the Château Mouton Rothschild wine estate has commissioned an artist ever year to design the label for each new vintage. Euronews Culture spoke with Julien De Beaumarchais De Rothschild to discuss his family's long-standing tradition.

20 February 2024

Destinations

Is Italy building the world’s first airport with a vineyard on top?

Novel plans have been revealed for Florence’s new airport.

14 February 2024

Food and Drink

French ‘Ratatouille’ restaurant ‘loses’ more than €1.5m worth of wine

Carber-nay. More than €1.5 million worth of vintages have mysteriously disappeared from one of France’s most prestigious restaurants, with no signs of a break in.

30 January 2024

Earth News

Brewers froth over winemakers’ exemption from anti-waste rules

As the EU debates rules to limit packaging waste, beer producers argue they are being unfairly discriminated against with exemptions for winemakers from reuse targets and deposit-return schemes, but one of Europe’s wine industry association chiefs says brewers should “mind their own business”.

11 January 2024

Food and Drink

Post-Brexit Brits will be able to buy pint-sized bottles of wine

The decision comes after decades of argument over EU rules governing units of measurement.

27 December 2023

Food and Drink

Grapes of wrath: Why French winemakers are protesting a new proposal

French vineyards are in crisis. A government proposal to set minimum pricing on alcohol threatens to make things worse.

27 November 2023