An answer to the challenges of climate change? GEOFFREY FINCH JUL 18, 2024 I often ask people who come on wine walks how many grape...

That wasn't very sunny for July, but a fun day nevertheless GEOFFREY FINCH JUL 11, 2024 Sundays in France have traditionally been...

The restoration of Notre Dame continues GEOFFREY FINCH JUL 04, 2024 Before I get into this week’s topic, we are still offering free wine...

Paris is a discontiguous vineyard GEOFFREY FINCH JUN 27, 2024 Paris was once covered in vines. It is hard to imagine now that under the...

Sometimes we over-eat GEOFFREY FINCH JUN 20, 2024 If all be true that I do think,There are five reasons we should drink:Good wine - a...

You are what you eat GEOFFREY FINCH JUN 13, 2024 Wine is the healthiest and most hygienic drink there is Louis Pasteur Wine is the...

"The best way to learn about wine is to visit vineyards" GEOFFREY FINCH JUN 06, 2024 Today's post is bit of personal history in travel,...

Hitting the ground running GEOFFREY FINCH MAY 30, 2024 By the time this is posted, I’ll be back in Paris and on Paris time - as far as...

A not so inspiring (but also quite limited) tale of alcohol-free wines GEOFFREY FINCH MAY 23, 2024 I’m still on the west coast of Canada,...

The dilating corridors of time GEOFFREY FINCH MAY 16, 2024 After several weeks of punctually posting every Thursday at 11am, I’ve...

The importance of living soils for taste GEOFFREY FINCH MAY 09, 2024 The vine and wine are great mysteries. In the plant kingdom, the...

Expanding the census on the hidden vines of Paris (win a free wine walk!) GEOFFREY FINCH MAY 02, 2024 This is a repeat (in part) of our...

What's wine got to do with it? Although we have committed with some trepidation and uncertainty about how things will actually play out,...

Let’s celebrate the women in wine! In a world where wine culture has long been dominated by men, Les Trinqueuses emerges as a beacon of...

Serendipity colludes with great good fortune Just minutes after making reservations to dine with my daughter (back in Paris briefly...

Blind wine tasting of the first vintages of a new generation of wines from the Île-de-France I’m a big fan of blind wine tasting because...

Spring brings rebirth, renewal, rejuvenation… and love! “Come to the orchard in Spring. There is light and wine, and sweethearts in the...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” (Romeo & Juliet) Acronyms have to be among the...

Another urban vineyard springs up. Who knew? I have prided myself in creating a complete census of the hidden vineyards of Paris with my...

And remember to leap to the Red Wheelbarrow bookshop today for your signed copy of ‘The Hidden Vineyards of Paris’! Only once every four...