La Revue du vin de France
Encyclopedia
La Revue du vin de France is a French
magazine
on wine
published monthly. The publication has been described by Jancis Robinson
as "France's only serious wine magazine".
Following the magazine's acquisition by Groupe Marie Claire
, long-affiliated wine critics Michel Bettane
and Thierry Desseauve left the publication citing reasons of editorial differences.
Its editor Denis Saverot accused the French government of contempt for French culture, after a Paris court ruled that a Le Parisien
article on Champagne was considered advertising subject to the Evin law, regulating alcohol and tobacco advertising.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
on wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
published monthly. The publication has been described by Jancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com...
as "France's only serious wine magazine".
Following the magazine's acquisition by Groupe Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
, long-affiliated wine critics Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane is a leading French wine critic, fortwenty years a writer for the French consumer wine publication La Revue du vin de France until 2004....
and Thierry Desseauve left the publication citing reasons of editorial differences.
Its editor Denis Saverot accused the French government of contempt for French culture, after a Paris court ruled that a Le Parisien
Le Parisien
Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986...
article on Champagne was considered advertising subject to the Evin law, regulating alcohol and tobacco advertising.