If you fancy trying some wine that has been submerged 5m below the surface for 5 months, then get yourself to Canet on the 15th May. About 240 bottles were left in a secret location by 8 wine makers of the “Galets Roulés” region around Perpignan, who claim that the pressure and darkness at that depth provide the perfect conditions for maturing the wine.
In the early days, we had been ‘talking’ to our shepherdess neighbour in broken French/Catalan/English when she had told us her son was called Raymond. Since that time we had cheerily called out to him when he went past in his car or we bumped into him at the market. He was always friendly and smiling but we had never really talked. Now, a day after our return from the UK, Raymond was striding across the lawn in a purposeful manner and my heart sank. I was sure that he was going to give us a good telling off for allowing Gyp to chase his mother’s sheep and I put a fixed smile on my face as I went out to greet him.
This first phase in the renaming, launched this week, “permet à chacune et à chacun de proposer un nom et nourrir ainsi la réflexion du «Comité du Nom de la Région», puis de l’Assemblée régionale”. (loosely translated as ‘allows everyone to suggest a name)
Asparagus season may be over, but who says we can’t cheat?
Bloctel From June 1, 2016, you will be able to register both your landline and mobile telephone number with government website www.bloctel.gouv.fr to block spam and unwanted commercial phone calls. Registration is free and will…
Police arrested a man with 20kg of cannabis, €15000 and a shotgun after he put a video on the internet showing himself surrounded by money and drugs and bragging about gangs, drugs and violence. The 25 year old lives in Perpignan and has had his hearing deferred pending reports.
La Jonquera Eldorado? – or Sodom and Gomorrah? With Basil Howitt « Cette région est devenue la maison close de la France ». (“This region has become France’s brothel.”) Jordi Cabezas, mayor of La Jonquera…
Over the course of the next few months I spent many hours training our new llama baby, who we christened Chakita, to walk on a lead, and after a while she would readily run to me when I appeared in the field, and allow me to harness her or brush her beautiful brown coat
From 1st May, the French ‘notaire’ may offer a discount to clients, where the property is over a certain price threshold. According to the ‘loi Macron’, notaires can no longer charge more than 10% of…
This summer, artists James Pimm and Karin Jolly will be exhibiting their work at Salle Manolo in Céret from 2 – 10th May An interesting combination of classic painting and contemporary sculpture made in paint.…