circuit 8: Olive oil and the Baux valley. A small walk in olive groves to discover the Alpilles mountain, between white limestone and blue sky ; a visit to the olive mill to learn how to transform this fruit, the time of a tasting.Alpilles hills is a very favourable land for wine production, the second […]
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Tour 5:
Around Montpellier.
Around the large Languedoc metropolis there is an incredible number of appellations, whose recent classification want to establish more precision in this occitan mosaic.
In the north of the city, inserted between sea and mountain, the superb area of the Pic Saint Loup. The original microclimate gives the possibility to produce intense […]
tour 6: Pézenas and Country of Caux. During the XVII th and XVIII th centuries, the town of Pézenas was an important political and commercial centre: it is remaining an admirable city with the decorated town houses with remarkable wrought iron balconnies. To the north of this city spread landscapes with soft forms, covered with vines. […]
The equinoxal rains makes the scrubland green again, the second spring announces figs, mushrooms, grapes and game, which accompany red wines so well.
The country is hurrying on harvesting the grapes.
All Mediterranean becomes yellow and red during the last days of the Indian summer.
Mistral starts to tear off foliage of plane trees […]
Tour 3: Cassis and Bandol
These two vineyards have in common to be the hottest in France. Both their clayous-limestones grounds generally installed into “restanques” (local word for tiers) are located in the great vicinity of the sea. But their wines are in all points different.
Cassis famous for its white, Bandol for its reds.
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circuit 7: Costière de Nîmes Between Provence and Languedoc, it is quite difficult to say which of these two wine areas influence more this superb appellation, located at the south of Nîmes, and bordering the Camargue. This long gravel rounding hills takes advantage from the hot summer and the drying Mistral, but the violence […]
circuit 4: Coteaux d’Aix.
Between the river Durance at north and the city of Aix en Provence, extends to the west a succession of green hills covered with pines groves and vines: Coteaux d’Aix vineyards.
Still sun, still Mistral to support maturities in this clayous-limestone soil.
The red wines of the Coteaux d’Aix have the characteristic to […]
Tour 2 : Gigondas - Vacqueras
These Laces form a true wall which separates the long stony valley formed by the Rhone river from the alpine buttresses. In the North is the bar of hills who carries Cairanne and Rasteau and to the south the mounts of Vaucluse, further Luberon: a drive North to South […]
Let us go for a tour in the vineyards
Publié par 19 janvier 2007 dans Tours et Itineraires 0 Commentaire
Guided tour with an expert wine guideMini bus with a driver guideSmall groups for 8 passengers maximumBigger groups : on requestSpecial tours : on request.Your guide will lead you in the vineyards to discover the mediterranean landscapes:
- a visit of cellar at the end of the morning towards 11 a.m.
- a visit of cellar in […]
Spring
The revival calls the new vintages, the wines have been just bottled.
First asparaguses, taste of sherries…
Desire for tastes awakes at the same time as vineyards which become covered with small green-yellows leaves.
Orchards of Provence and Languedoc become white and pink indicating the color of wines to drink.
During the daytime, the light becomes almost opaque, the overwhelming heat : the life becomes nocturnal, in search of freshness, desires
of soft spices, fish, paëlla come to us.
The fruit festival accompanies the light spirit of the summer; whites, rosés and ligth reds are of the party.
Tour 1:
From Tavel to Châteauneuf.
Since the middle ages, Roquemaure was for a long time, the port for shipment of the Côtes du Rhône wines. Now it’s one of the villages in the appellation of Lirac, on the right bank of the Rhône river. It is the oldest and most ignored « Cru » in […]
Winter
The naked vines seem dead with their knotty arm.
It is the best period to appreciate the structured and heady red wines.
The northern wind clean the Mediterranean sky and encourage to taste red wines with the stews of Provence, "gardianes" and cassoulets.
Truffles are harvested, olives are picked, the chestnuts roast.
The violent light reflected by the […]
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