Le Bas Alpin – Forcalquier Forcalquier is a moderate sized town (population 5,212) in the départment of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence which extends from the western end of the Luberon to the Italian border. Forcalquier sits at the eastern end of this départment. We had driven here from Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt where we had enjoyed […]
Le Bonheur Suit Son Cours – Vaison-la-Romaine Le Bonheur Pouruit Son Cours in the pretty Romanesque village of Vaison-la-Romaine in Vaucluse serves interesting dishes that are not at all pretentious to accompany the very well-chosen selection of biodynamic and natural wines. We were once lucky enough to buy a house […]
Foods worth a journey Over the past 40 years we have journeyed to many places on this planet searching for food and drinks that are prized by the locals. Many of the food items and the drinks we have searched for we have found in restaurants or tiny cafes. However […]
Manat in Perpignan – Introduction Manat in Perpignan is a seriously good restaurant in Perpignan run by Yuka Okugawa and Marc Meya who have cooked together in both Japan and France and now run this very popular restaurant in the centre of Perpignan. As can be imagined from the first […]
Septime la Cave – Introduction Septime la Cave is a small, sparse bar and cave quite close to its mothership Septime. It serves a short, but nicely conceived list of wines by the glass at very reasonable prices, or you can buy a bottle from the shelves that line two […]
French natural wine bars – Introduction We get so many requests for information about natural wine bars to visit in France that we thought it might be useful to summarise our thoughts about places to visit when you are touring around this great country. Here are a few of our […]
Clown Bar – Introduction The Clown Bar is both a bar à vins and a restaurant with a tiny kitchen in the 11th arrondissement in Paris. The food is stunningly good and the wine list beyond interesting with an excellent range of natural wines.To understand the Clown Bar it is […]
Substance – Introduction Substance is a very good café and place to enjoy a serious coffee in Paris. Their coffee beans are sourced from a number of countries including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ethiopia (that we have seen on the menu). They also always seem to have the Geisha […]
Le Doyenné – Introduction It is difficult to describe the delight we felt when we arrived at Le Doyenné restaurant for the first time. It was after the Covid lockdown was over, so there had been a long stretch since we had visited France. During that time we had followed […]
Prior to Le Saint Hubert When we first wrote about Le Saint Hubert the first paragraph was about how much we were looking forward to returning to experience the wonderful food and the availability of natural wines. Well, in 2024 we managed to visit once again and our food and […]
