French wine’s scenic heartland

Over the next five weeks, the Rugby World Cup will be played out in ten stadiums across France (and in two overseas stadiums, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and Murrayfield in Edinburgh).

The tournament is undoubtedly a showcase of outstanding sport, but also attracts a distinctly refined type of fanatic.

I chanced upon this in Bordeaux just before last week’s game between Ireland and Namibia, when I bumped into groups of Irish supporters ...