You can't go wrong with Picpoul de Pinet

A look at a wine that never disappoints.

The area around the Étang de Thau basin does not look like a classic wine country. It’s completely flat for a start, with none of the dramatic schist hills that you find higher up in the Languedoc. There are beaches, some rather seedy resorts mingled with attractive old fishing towns. Everywhere you go there are signs for ‘huîtres à vendre’ - this part …