This is the first of two stories about wineries in Chateauneuf Du Pape visited by the author this year in France. CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE, FRANCE - The remains of a large, stone fortress loom high over ...

Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a dry medium-bodied blended wine from Southeastern France. In translation, Chateauneuf-du-Pape means “The Pope’s New Castle.” The name comes from the 14th century, when Pope ...

CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE, France - Perched on top of a hill, the rocky field looks like a lunar landscape. Stark. Barren. Remote. And yet, this stone-filled plateau located high above the village produces ...

In 1309 Pope Clement V settled in Avignon, France, and turned Rome into a branch office of the papacy. It’s not clear whether he went there for the wine, but if he did, he made a great choice. That’s ...

White Châteauneuf-du-Pape is one of the rarest and most prestigious wines in France. For most people Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the southern Rhône Valley means red wine. This is understandable because ...

Who: Tim Smith, co-owner of French Country Wines, 2433 Bartlett, with his wife, Phyllis Adatto Background: A finance graduate of Texas A&M University, Smith became an investment banker, and that ...

Pope Benedict’s announcement last month that he would retire from the papacy sent shockwaves through the Catholic world. A sitting pope had not resigned from his post in nearly 600 years. In fact, the ...