Salim Haji

Salem Haji, co-owner of one of the few microbreweries in France, inspects his latest blonde IPA at his brewery Biere de la Plaine in downtown Marseille.

Beer brews up a following in France’s wine country

Lifestyle & Belief

This holiday season the French are drinking less wine and more beer than ever. All thanks to a boom in microbrews, or “biere artisanale” as the French call it.

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