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Raising Standards

Joy is unconfined, one assumes, in the Languedoc village of Montpeyroux: last week it became the 369th French Appellation d’Origine Controlée. This will mean stricter controls on the red grapes used – but you can go wild and use 10% Counoise! – and maximum yields of 45 hectolitres per hectare. The commune’s wines were previously […]

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