No French celebration is complete without a touch of champagne. France, a country synonymous with viticulture, boasts some of the finest wines in the world. From the rolling vineyards of Bordeaux to ...

Pork is having a moment. Meals featuring bacon in every form imaginable — including chocolate-dipped — have become de rigueur. Restaurants of every stripe are showcasing menus littered with sausages, ...

he wines of Châteaneuf-du-Pape are the last of the great French red wines that are still somewhat affordable (the great crus of Burgundy and Bordeaux priced themselves out of reach decades ago).

For all the talk of California and Italy and so on, French wine remains the North Star of the wine world—a guiding light for all others. That can leave the impression that it’s unchanged and ...