Fattening Boeuf Bourguignon on Wine
Noticed any tipsy-eyed cows unsteady on their legs in your local pastures lately? Well they are no mirage. For cattle of an inebriated gait are the latest way of creating an expensive new taste experience for Parisian gourmets. The jet set will soon be able to order prime Saint-Geniès des Mourgues boeuf to complement their Château Pétrus in those [...]
Voilà an Old Ruffian making a Renaissance
Common old Carignan is making a comeback from overlooked corners of rocky terroir where, unpressured, it is allowed the time to flaunt its flambouyant flavour. Making the Irish-Languedoc connection from cuisine to culture, Mar Hampla writes Evening Hérault from a ‘sunny little shack’ near the Canal du Midi, a blog liberally laced with Irish condiment and full [...]
Shale Gas Drillers Create Mini Earthquakes
The New York Times has published a major expose of the eco-damage caused by hydrofracking, a controversial technique used to tap Shale Gas.. French opponents of the technique hope the bad news will spread faster than a gas gusher and help deter oil companies from deploying it in France. Citing mostly unpublished documentation held by [...]
46% of Communes in Flood Risk Zones
A year after Storm Xynthia caused 53 deaths and 1.5 billion euros damage, much of it in Charente-Maritime, towns along both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines remain vulnerable to further sea and river flooding. The SOeS-Service de l’Observation et des Statistiques de l’Environnement warned that 46% of French municipalities are today still at risk of [...]
Shale Gas threat to France’s Nougat Capital
The self-styled Nougat Capital of the world — Montélimar in the Drôme may soon find itself transformed into shale capital of France against the wishes of its inhabitants and others in the south eastern départements of Hérault, Aveyron, Lozère and Ardèche. Euro MEP José Bové is leading regional protest to stop shale gas drilling, in [...]
