British Airways comes to Bergerac
On the 1st May, 2016, the first British Airways flight from London City Airport will touch down at Bergerac Roumanières airport. This is a significant step up in the world ...
The Brits are coming back to Bordeaux Real Estate!
The Brits are coming back to Bordeaux Real Estate! The Bordeaux real estate market behaves just like any other, moving in cycles being driven by demand from buyers and available ...
American buyers, Historic buildings, Investors, Lifestyle, News
The US Dollar buys a lot of Bordeaux Lifestyle
They renovated the 16th century farmhouse and transformed it into a dream property modelled on the architectural styles so loved in the South of France. Surrounded by meadows, woods, with ...
Bordeaux's star is rising
The new fast line TGV rail connection being built between Poitiers and Bordeaux will complete the high speed rail link between Paris and Bordeaux allowing us to travel to Paris ...
Cognac and its secret gardens
It is so geographically big that outside Paris and Nice even in the height of summer it rarely feels crowded. The climate is delightful and the tourist infrastructure is as ...
Michelin stars in Bordeaux
The mystery to those of us who live in Bordeaux is why it has taken so long for top chefs to come to Bordeaux. It is such a natural fit ...
News, Vineyards & Winemaking Real Estate
Why is Bordeaux looking so good?
Writing in Forbes magazine in 2012 Kenneth Rapoza said that “Baron de Rothschild the 18th century British nobleman and member of the ultra-secretive and original one-percenter Rothschild banking family, is ...
News, Vineyards & Winemaking Real Estate
Bordeaux goes to Beverly Hills
The Christies International Real Estate global conference this year was held in at the end of March 2015 the Beverly Wilshire hotel in the heart of some of the most ...
Dordogne Chateaux and their Black Gold
January is the month in Europe when most people wish they had flown south with the swallows. The joys of Christmas are past, and one looks forward to the first ...
Historic buildings, Lifestyle, News
Land of 1001 Dordogne Chateaux
The fact that many of these Dordogne Chateaux are fortified reflects its history as an area of conflict between France and England in the Middle Ages but it is also ...
Historic buildings, Lifestyle, News
Dordogne Chateaux: what is the Dordogne “Chartreuse” ?
You may have asked yourself what qualities and criteria does a chartreuse need to have to merit this descriptive name, and what are their historical background. The French dictionary describes ...
News, Vineyards & Winemaking Real Estate
Buying Residential Property in France: French Mortgages. 10 things you need to know.
Securing Finance for a property acquisition in France is one such area where the process and products may be different. (Vineyard financing is viewed as a commercial loan and will ...