Occitanie Section
Ronde des Primeurs – Wine Festival Gaillac
La Ronde des Primeurs, the four-day annual Gaillac wine festival in Tarn, is held on the 3rd weekend in November for the release of the newly pressed wine
Goat Cheese Farm – quintessential Quercy
A visit to a goat cheese farm in Quercy, a farm adhering to the ‘AB’ label that certifies rigorous set of organic food production standards set by the EU
Mort pour la France – Remembrance Day
Mort pour la France – Dead for France, a moving epitaph that follows the names of all the Fallen who are remembered on each French War Memorial
Sainte Marie-Madeleine Church – Belcastel
Sainte Marie-Madeleine, a church dedicated to Mary Magdalene and located in Belcastel, a village in Aveyron ranked among the Plus Beaux Villages de France
Pastel – Woad – Isatis tinctoria – Facts
The production of Pastel, a wonderful blue dye that founded the fortunes of some of the principal cities of southwest France, revived after years of decline
Gaillac Wine Festival in Tarn department
Gaillac Wine Festival in Tarn, a giant 48-hour wine party held during the second weekend in August to promote the delicious Gaillac AOC wines
Albi – Capital of the Land of Plenty – Tarn
Albi, the capital of the Land of Plenty and heart of the Albigensian heresy, today boasts the stunning Ste-Cecile Cathedral and Toulouse Lautrec Museum
Gaillac Wine – Appellation and Vineyards
Gaillac Wine, produced in the Tarn area in southwest France, granted an AOC in 1938 and considered one of the best kept secrets in the wine-growing industry
Belcastel – Beautiful villages in France
Belcastel, a medieval village nestled in a steep valley on a hairpin curve of the Aveyron River and ranked among France’s most beautiful villages
Sainte Foy Feast Day – Conques – Aveyron
The celebration of Sainte Foy Feast Day in Conques in Aveyron, a tiny medieval village whose abbey church has been listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO
Chateau de Montal, a Renaissance masterpiece in Quercy
Dolmen de Martignes and Cloup de Coutze
Gouffre de Saint-Sauveur – Ouysse River’s resurgence
