France

Edmond de Rothschild Invests €100 million In French Alps Hotel

The Edmond de Rothschild group is investing €100 million of cash in a new Four Seasons hotel in Megeve in the French Alps as the banking dynasty reaff...

Six Lesser-Known Wine Destinations That Have New Thrills in 2018

Wine tourism isn't just expanding—it's getting more creative in every corner of the globe, with more vine estates than ever wooing oenophiles with lu...

The Best Alternatives for Overcrowded Travel Destinations

Travellers have clocked 369 million international trips so far this year, an incredible sum equal to nearly 1.6 million trips per day. Year to date, i...

Italian Wine Production Expected To Fall 25% In 2017

Italian wine production is expected to see a 25% drop to 41.1 million hectolitres in 2017, down 13 million hectolitres compared to last year, according to...

The Wilder Side of Rosé: New Types of Pink to Drink This Summer

This year’s "drink pink" season, which starts officially on Memorial Day weekend, is ushering in a host of new trends, making clear we&rsqu...

McDonald's Accused of Harming Franchisees in Europe

McDonald’s was accused of forcing franchisees in France, Germany and Italy to charge more in their restaurants than the company charges in stores it...

New Bordeaux Vintage Looks Great, Will Politics Affect Prices?

The big wine story next week will take place in Bordeaux, where flags are already flying over turreted stone chateaus to welcome several thousand enthusias...

Introducing the World's Most Sought-After Champagne

In all of Champagne, only a few tiny parcels of land were mysteriously untouched by a phylloxera blight that ravaged European winemakers in 1863, ruining m...