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French Wine's Green Revolution

All this week Jaunted contributor Eric Rosen will be filling us in on his recent field trip, drinking his way through France. Any questions about what he saw, did and drank? Let us know.

Down in the deep south of France lies the vast wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon, which produces nearly a third of France’s wines. Unfortunately, those wines were pretty bad for many years. Decades, even. Now, however, a new generation of young French winemakers is bucking tradition, resuscitating worn-out vineyards, and using organic farming methods to create some phenomenal wines that are also affordable.

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