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Getting to grips with French wine can be a complicated affair, and it does help to know what you are looking for. Firstly of all you should assess your budget. A lot of people like to try and source a bottle of wine for around the five pound mark – something that is getting trickier to do with time. Obviously you know what sort of budget you are playing with and what sort of wine you want – if you are celebrating a special occasion you may want to spend way in excess of this, but whatever your price, you should decide upon it and stick to it. Secondly you need to think about what wine you want. Red or white is the first question, and although you can obviously buy Rose too, this would for the sake of simplicity fall in with white wines.

Beyond this you are getting into the different attributes of wine from different areas of France, and different grape varietals. This is something you should research. It’s not too complicated, you will find that certain grape varietals go with certain foods, for instance, Pinot Noir is a great red grape varietal which normally goes perfectly with lamb. For beef you might choose a Cabernet Sauvignon or a blended red with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Whatever you want to buy, you will do best buying french wine online.