This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s strange to be surrounded by vines, flame-coloured and curling as autumn progresses, but sampling seemingly everything except wine.

Vines for as far as the eye can see. Some 24 hectares (59 acres) belong to Alain Reboul, a 62-year-old, seventh-generation winemaker. His Earl du Bois Noble winery is one of the smaller ones in the ...

Cognac producers have at least one thing to toast in July. After a months-long dumping investigation into European brandy, the Chinese government announced that 34 producers—including the three ...