Shame The best Camembert in the world is … Quebecois!

It’s a scandal, a fraud. The jury was bought, necessarily. Or it’s a defeat, shameful and stinging.

[google translation] The World Championship Cheese contest was held March 6-8, in the United States, in the state of Wisconsin. A competition that is appreciated by cheese lovers as much as by dairy professionals, this competition has dedicated the best products in the world. Obviously, the French producers did not miss to be at the rendezvous. They even won a few rewarding medals. But it must be admitted: they have also failed … Yes, yes, almost. By letting another nation of eaters stinking dripping tricks win a category that normally should not escape us, that of camembert  [ . . . ]

Read more of this SHAMEFUL story at: Shame The best Camembert in the world is … Quebecois! – Vsd

French films at the international box office: February 2018

Monsieur Pas De Merde is very much anticipating the US release of Two Is Family, the new French film starring Clémence Poésy and Omar Sy.
Also, the February release of  Cest La Vie, directed by Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, is also on my short list to see this Spring! Read more in this piece fro UNIFRANCE

In February, a comedy dominated the European markets and an adventure film appealed to Italian spectators, while a second comedy got off to a strong start in Belgium.

During the first two months of 2017, French productions generated 14.7 million in admissions abroad, in the same period in 2018, they totaled only 6.75 million.

This can be explained by the huge success of Leap (7.96 million and 14 million in total) and of Two is a Family (1.94 million and 5.12 million in total), which by themselves alone sustained the greatest proportion of the 2017 results, a score that the performances of new titles cannot manage to equal, despite the fine careers of Call Me by Your Name (3.14 million) and C’est la vie! (1.55 million) [. . . ]

More at UNIFRANCE: French films at the international box office: February 2018 – uniFrance Films

Cheap Wine Prices in Paris Are the Final Push You Need to Book a Trip 

Enjoying a bottle of wine in Paris will do less credit card damage than drinking in other expensive cities. 

Ordering a bottle of wine for the table is a great way to share and connect with dinner companions — especially in Paris, where the average cost of table wine is significantly lower than the world’s other expensive cities.

The average cost of a bottle of table wine in Paris is $11.90, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living index, a survey released by the Economist Intelligence Unit which looks at the average costs of wine and cigarettes in the top 10 cities with the highest cost of living. The low cost of Paris’s table wine is beaten only by Geneva, which ranks an average of $8.37 for its bottles [ . . . ]

Read More at: TRAVEL-LEISURE Cheap Wine Prices in Paris Are the Final Push You Need to Book a Trip | Travel + Leisure

Robert Haas, Tablas Creek co-founder and wine pioneer, dies in California 


Robert Haas died peacefully at his California home last weekend, said Tablas Creek, the wine estate that he co-founded.Many would agree with the winery’s assertion that Haas was a ‘seminal figure in American wine for 65 years’ [ . . . ]

More at: DECANTER Robert Haas, Tablas Creek co-founder and wine pioneer, dies in California – Decanter