http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english Let’s go for a walk in the vineyards Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wines are matured in oak barrel or in vats (stainless steel or concrete) for 3 main reasons : Modifying the phenolic structure and making tannins smoother Stabilizing the colour, limpidity and colloids ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/oak-maturation-and-burning-casks/  AOC since 1985 : 49 communes on 34 537 ha on land (86342 acres), 10 % only are planted amounting 4268 ha (10 670 acres) at Aix en Provence, Aurons, La Barben, Berre l’Etang, Coudoux,  Eguilles, La Fare les Oliviers, Jouques, Lambesc, Lançon de Provence, Mallemort, Charleval, Martigues, Meyrargues, Mouriès, ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/coteaux-daix-and-palette/ Beaumes-de-Venise vine area is located on the southern and eastern part of the Dentelles de Montmirail massif. AOC ‘s surface is 600 hectares (1500 acres) on the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Lafare, La Roque, Alric and Suzette. Altitudes are spreading from 100 m to 500 m. The ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/beaumes-de-venise/ Banyuls terroir’s area is the same as Collioure's. Territory encompasses 4 villages : Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls et Cerbère. Grounds : The Pyrrénées fall straight down the Mediterranean in a particular rugged mountain site : vineyards are taking place in these sheer schist slopes. Arid and poor, slopes are so ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/collioure-and-banyuls/ Bandol vineyard is situated between the small town La Ciotat and Toulon. Vines spread on rounding hills and alternate in small plain with sheer slopes covered with terrasses named there « restanques ». There's a quite perfect unity in the type of ground, no altitude effects. There’s is 700 ha ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/bandol/ Les Baux is a very small appellation covering only 325 ha (812 acres), the western appellation in Provence and closest to the Rhône river. That AOC spreads on 8 villages les Baux-de-Provence, Eygalières, Fontvieille, Le Paradou, Maussane-les- Alpilles, Mouriès, Saint-Étienne-du-Grès and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. AOC since 1995 for reds ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/baux/ The Costières de Nîmes vineyard (the largest gravel or « villafranchien » terrasse in Europe : 24 km long x 12 km large (14,4 x 7,2 miles) spreads on the Rhône right bank. The landscape is an alternation of small hills and plateau at an altitude ranging from 20 ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/costieres-de-nimes/ This is a complex region for its dimension 150 km long x 50 km large (90x30 miles). A multitude of growing conditions can be observed due to the altitude, the proximity of the sea or of the mountains, the nature of groung and wind influences. AOC Languedoc since May 2007 (since ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/languedoc/ Châteauneuf-du-Pape became officially an appellation in 1936. The vineyard covers a surface of 3 140 ha, on five towns or villages : Châteauneuf du Pape, Courthézon, Orange, Bédarrides and Sorgues. The production is essentially concerned in reds, less tha 10% as white, no rosé. The traditional wine training is « ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/254/ Chemins Vignerons has got wine touring experience since 2002 in the french medierranean vineyards Our energy is coming from the desire to bring the beauty of Mediterranean wine and its vineyards to a wider audience : the sheer beauty of Languedoc’s countryside, the breathtaking views in Provence… An incredible range ... http://www.chemins-vignerons.com/english/about-chemins-vignerons/