It all started with the so-called “French Paradox”—a series of documented medical studies completed in the 1980s that indicated the reason for the French having much fewer heart attacks than their American counterparts, despite similar rich diets, is the regular intake of wine. Those studies validated the preventive benefit of wine on heart diseases.
This however [...]
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The well known Australian wine writer Ralph Kyte-Powell nominates his favourite vineyard regions. He identified Champiane (France), Chille, Cinque Terre Italy and of course the Cape Winelands as his favourite.
He writes:
Champagne, France
Few other words are so synonymous with celebration and fun. The French region that gave us the world’s most imitated, luxurious sparkling wine is [...]
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Despite the economic downturn, wine drinkers are apparently abandoning cheaper French wines in favour of more upmarket alternatives.
The trend contributed to a six-month period in which French export volumes fell by 8.7% but the value of sales increased by 8.2% to £2.6 billion.
Ubifrance, the French export development agency, said the first half of 2008 had [...]
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