The 2014 Tour de France is making its way through the Languedoc-Roussillon this weekend. That part of the country, which encompasses the Mediterranean coastline stretching from the rugged Pyrenees mountains to Provence, happens to be one of the largest wine producing region in France. Soil types and terroir vary widely throughout the Pays d’Oc IGP and winemakers there have more than 56 grape varieties to play with, so this enormous wine region produces very diverse wines. I don't follow the Tour de France as religiously as I do the World Cup (though to be fair, if the Tour de France happened only once every 4 years, maybe I would...) but I do like my wine, and in the summer I especially ...
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Tour de France 2013 & Biking in DC
The 100th edition of the Tour de France kicked off in Corsica today. It's the first time the peloton is riding through the "island of beauty" since the tour's inception in 1903 (yes, if you do the math that's technically 110 years, but the tour took some breaks during WWI and WWII.) Over the next 3 weeks, riders will pedal over 2,110 miles throughout the country before the maillot jaune and other cyclists' final sprint up the Champs Elysees on July 21st. To honour le tour, I thought I'd dedicate a post to biking in Washington. Earlier in the year, Walk Score ranked Washington, D.C. as the 6th most "bikeable" city in the country based on factors such as bike lanes, hilliness, road ...
