Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The name Languedoc in Southern France is filled with history, excitement, poetry, and love. Think of the troubadours in ...

The wines of the Languedoc, or Languedoc-Roussillon, in the south of French have long been known more for their bulk than their quality, with much of the oversupply made into neutral alcohol.

A good place to start is Carcassonne, a medieval hilltop town in the western corner of the Languedoc, overlooking the river Aude. The lure is La Cité, a 10th-century citadel both fairy-tale and ...

Last fall we attended a wine party in Quarante, a charming hamlet in the Languedoc region of southern France. The village was tiny. The house was anything but, with three stories, six bedrooms, a pool ...

On a recent trip to France, I fell in love with what might be called the Cinderella of French wine regions, Languedoc. While other areas such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and Rhone get a lot of ...

The Languedoc Roussillon region sometimes gets overlooked when it comes to wine regions in France. What a shame. Like many wine regions in France, including the Rhone region, Loire Valley and Bordeaux ...

In the Languedoc region of France, Thomas Duroux eyes the dark red soil at the base of a thicket of arbutus trees. "These trees, this earth," he says. "This is what you need for a great, great wine." ...