Our dear friend Jeff Carrel makes an elaborate range of wines, we're perhaps most fond of some of his more unusual bottlings. One of his goals is to revive grape-growing culture in some of the more remote areas of the south of France. He's planting unique varieties of grapes and encouraging young people to return to the area to farm the vines.

France produces more fine wine than any other country. It's most famous regions are Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Loire Valley and Alsace and Cotes du Rhone. Amazing value can be found in the lesser known regions and regional French appellations.