Tag: ‘Slow Food’
Jurancon wine and cheese festival
ON the second weekend of December, 40 chateaux on the Wine Route of Jurancon will open their doors to visitors for tastings of their famous white wine and to enjoy products from the local farms. On Saturday, 10 December, there will be workshops with wine and cheese tasting as part of the ‘Slow Food’ movement.They [...]
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Pyrenees shepherd wins Slow Food Cheese Award
A YOUNG shepherd who works in the Pyrenees is one of four cheese-makers given special awards by the Italian Slow Food network. Denis Fourcade is a 27-year-old shepherd from the Bearne Mountain Pastures Cheeses Presidium who tends his flocks on the French slopes of the western Pyrenees. Unlike many young people in the region, he [...]
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