The Mooo-ton Rothschild for madame? Cows have a tipple to beef up flavour
The Mooo-ton Rothschild for madame? Cows have a tipple to beef up flavour
Jul 9, 2012 6
(Independent) - The French are known to like their beef, and they also like their wine. In the southern village of Lunel-Viel, in the Hérault department in southern France, some farmers have taken the next step and are feeding wine to their beef cattle on the principle that if French beef tastes good now, it can only improve with a bottle of Saint-Geniès des Mourgues.
This was what a local farmer Claude Chaballier fed three animals last year – in a trial run that he's preparing to repeat next month. He says the resulting beef was "lean, marbled and tasty"
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