Navigating the incredibly extensive and often exclusive world of French wine can create an uneasy feeling of imposter syndrome in even the most fearless and discerning of oenophiles. Where to start?
So many variables, opinions and tastes mean even getting to grips with the mere basics can be overwhelming, never mind swilling and swirling your way around some of the best bottles the country has to crack open. Plus, there’s the age-old problem of how to pronounce some of them: Languedoc-Roussillon? Mâcon-Villages? Perrier-Jouët?!
