I feel at home on the streets of Marseille. Maybe because I'm an exile (by choice). "Marseille is, and always has been, the port of exiles .… whoever disembarks in the port is inevitably...
At times, we need to find space to strip off our outer layers of emotional turmoil. Some people go to the beach. I went to Paris this autumn, to the eastern neighbourhood of...
It was three summers ago that I was sitting one evening around a table in Koko Doko in Reims, the champagne capital of France, with Clos Driver Wine Tours, grower champagne producer Emmanuel...
Flash people; flash boats. That was my perception of Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. One-time resident F Scott Fitzgerald of Great Gatsby fame said the French Riviera - as the Côte d'Azur is known in...
Pommard in Burgundy has everything I desire from a village: a bakery, a café, a natural wine bar serving good food, peace & calm, and historic stone buildings. It's also home to two domaines renowned...
I'm a descendent of the Dukes of Burgundy according to my aunt, née Cynthia Power. True or not true, I'm happy with this tale. Burgundy has a majestic style unique to the region. Domaine Chandon...
When I think of Chablis, I think of a nicely chilled white wine with a mineral taste reminiscent of seashells and notes of citrus and green apple: an ideal wine for a lazy-Sunday summer picnic...
I was lost and insecure in my 20s, despite jetting around the world, from Hong Kong to Algeria, in my role as a journalist. With Clos Driver Wine Tours we met 2 rising stars, both...
My road trip with Clos Driver Wine Tours this summer was about taking photographs of inspirational champagne producers as well as eating at some phenomenal restaurants, including the one at the Hotel Les Avisés, or...