French cheese

France is also famous for its different kinds of cheese. There are currently 500 types of cheese of different flavours so you'll have a long list to choose from. Of course French cheese is an ingredient many french dishes, such as, salads, pastas, sandwiches, and also as an aperitif. French cheese has calcium, which is essential for the building and for the protection of bones and teeth and also the prevention of osteoporosis. French cheeses have the Protected Designation of Origin, this is a European Union designation for all the well-established cheeses. French cheeses are divided in these groups: By milk: Cow and Ewe's milk Cow and unpasteurised milk Cow or Goat's milk Cow's milk Ewe and goat's milk Ewe's milk Goat's milk Blue Cheeses Fresh Cheeses Goat Cheeses Pressed, uncooked cheeses Pressed, cooked cheeses Processed Cheeses Soft, bloomy-rind cheeses Soft, washed rind cheeses

French Wine

France is one of the oldest wine producing countries in Europe. Wine has been used and produced in monasteries since the Middle Ages. During that this period the majority of vineyards were bought by the monasteries who produced good wines. But with the French Revolution many vineyards owned by monasteries were confiscated. As with food, there are wines for each region, Bourdeaux, Burgundy and so on. Another French drink is champagne or white wine, both of which are important agricultural products. The wine regions in France

are: Alsace, Beaujolais, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Champagne, Jura, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. You can ask for a glass of wine in any city. It's well known that many French people drink wine everyday, but you had better remember that drink driving can cost you many penalties points. There is a strong relationship between food and wine in France. Maybe this is because wine and food have evolved alongside one another. That's why some of the best French recipes have wine as an important ingredient. It's often said that for every food there is the perfect wine. In fact, in France wine is drunk as an aperitif.

Champagne is a province located in the northeast of France, and is well known for its famous white wine. Champagne is mostly fermented in two bottle sizes, the standard bottle (750 ML), and Magnum (1.5 L). In general, magnums are thought to be of higher quality, as there is less oxygen in the bottle, and the volume to surface area favours the formation of appropriately-sized bubbles.

The French have a long tradition and skills in the art of making perfumes. The great names in fashion have assisted i exporting some of the most important names in perfume thoughout the world. The birth place for French perfumes is in the Provence region and is called Occitane (pronounced Ox C tan). The abundance of herbs, lavander and many other wild flowers on the rocky landscape, plus hundreds of years of experience in distilling mixtures and creating scents.