Food and Drink

A French gin-maker has become one of the few in the world to use fungi as a flavour – specifically, summer truffles from the Gers

New law means French winemakers must use the term ‘sparkling wine’ on products sold in Russia

Urgent recall affects more than 60 products sold under Auchan, Carrefour, Netto, Picard and Extrême brands 

Now is the time to taste tomatoes, cherries and Tomme de Savoie in France

A leading consumer group compared 13 organic foods with their closest non-organic equivalents with surprising results

The year has been tough for olive producers, with the health crisis and extreme weather wreaking havoc on the ‘temperamental’ fruit, pushing prices up

The sorbet is 5.8% ABV and was made with a local artisan chocolatier-ice cream maker

Fast-food giant will use French Nutri-Score system for its products online and on its app and later in order terminals in restaurants

The head of the foie gras trade body said the UK Prime Minister was wrong to remove people’s ‘freedom of choice’ over what they eat

From quirky beginnings in the Jura to international fame and still-soaring sales, The Laughing Cow is just as cheerful 100 years on

Vigneron and winemaker Jonathan Hesford explains the measures taken to prevent lethal frost damage to vines in France

Pre-orders of the rosé are well on their way to doubling the pre-sale target of 9,000 bottles

Abbey sisters place 'Divine Box' wine online after usual fairs cancelled by Covid

Originally from Belgium, Jean-François and Catherine Chapelier have around 30 milking goats and approximately 17 acres of pasture

The China intellectual property administration agreed that allowing a Chinese wine and spirits company to use the brand ‘Dijon’ would ‘give rise to confusion’

Eventually every bottle of wine will become 'over the hill', says Jonathan Hesford, who walks us through how some wines taste off, yet why some faults are a good thing