Hurrah for syrah, a forgiving grape

Grown in France's Northern Rhone Valley, it makes an august, powerful wine that tastes of black plums, licorice, spice and black pepper and has a powerful opulence that improves when aged 10 years or more.

Grown in warm, sunny Australia, where they call it shiraz, the same grape can be jammy and soft, tasting of strawberries and cinnamon, and can be drunk the day you buy it.

In a perfect world, I would hunt down a wild boar, stud it with garlic, roast it on a spit and serve it with a plate of potatoes cooked in the coals and a glass of syrah.

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News - World: France faces fresh storm alert

The French Atlantic coast was expected to be worst hit, with gales and heavy rain there predicted to reach 140km an hour, but the entire west and north was in the storm's path, weather forecasters said.

The national weather service put 58 of France's 100 departments on a state of orange alert, one step below the top red alert status.

But the forecasters said the storm would not reach the intensity of the one that lashed France on January 14, leaving 11 dead, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands and causing more than a €billion worth of damage.

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