Jancis Robinson MW devoted her first French wine night to the Languedoc, “a region so vast it can be difficult to get to grips with … producing everything from the lightest sparkling wines to the darkest reds, and everything in between”.

Tamlyn Currin of the  jancisrobinson.com team narrowed the choice down to  a “truly eclectic collection” of  wines the team knew  well and loved, and had a good track record of  doing consistently well: wines “that were either top of their class or represented a benchmark”, including a couple of ‘unusual wines’ such as the Rives-Blanques 100% mauzac, Occitania.

A generous sum from the proceeds of the evening was donated to the Red Cross, in support of their help for beleaguered victims of the October floods in the Languedoc.

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