Eric Dubourg , president of Wineberry America , a wine importer and distributor based in New York, says that he wanted to change box wine, “to get away from bag-in-box as student or grandmother wine.&#. Wine in a box? Try wine in a crate. The lineup includes about six wines, red, white and rosé, all from France. MORE >>

Our first destination was Cafe Noir, a chic French spot where the patrons, mainly couples enjoying a warm pre-summer night, appeared rather surprised at what appeared to be "tourists" flooding into "their" cafe. The Festivals are conducted in Shanghai, London, Brazil, New York and Mexico. ABOUT SUD DE FRANCE. MORE >>

Evan Dawson, who writes about Finger Lakes wines for the New York Cork Report (and who we last saw here ), recently tweeted that he was in Napa. There is no tasting room on one of Napa’s two main thoroughfares. Travers proudly announced that he “uses two percent new oak each year.&# Today we have his thoughts. MORE >>

The shop is crammed with so many fine and fun wines that they mainly have to do these free tastings outside of the winter months, so the broad pavements of Boulevard Hausmann are at their most hospitable. He worked in wine retail in New York City and did wine consulting for seven years. By Timothy Eustis. Such was the case here. MORE >>

Ms.Biyela is here to promote her Stellekaya winery, whose wines are featured in select wine shops and South African wine bars here in New York, and also take part in the S. African restaurant here in New York. "So how does it feel to be a winemaker. and given special attention because of your sex? Or because of color." MORE >>