During my trip in Burgundy I left the best till last: for me, the best white wine in the world comes from a narrow strip around 25km in length on both slopes of the river Serein in north Burgundy. I refer of course to the Divine Chablis. There is a disproportionate amount of Americans, Australians, […]
Among the studs of France
Until now I’d associated Cluny with the most powerful monastery in medieval Christendom; a monastery whose abbey church was the greatest in Europe until St Peter’s in Rome got built; a monastery whose Paris pied-a-terre was so big, it now houses the museum of Middle Ages; finally a monastery whose tentacles spread in England via […]
Missery Loves Company: Living in a French Chateau
What does living in a French château feel like? No, I don’t mean renting a room in a seigneurial residence that’s been converted to a hostellerie. Nor do I mean renting one for 50 friends to entertain in your wedding weekend. I mean really buying one and living in it. Philip and Patricia Hawkes did […]