The area around Carpentras (84 Vaucluse, Provence) is famous for its truffles (known as the “Black Diamond” or Diamant Noire) and November sees the first of the weekly Truffle markets (Marché aux Truffes) in the Place Aristide Briand. In true French style there is ceremony and celebration for the first market of the season, with [...]
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Suddenly with the nights drawing in and the temperature dropping, the thought of a Soup Festival sounds really enticing.
Rhone Exaltation is the second Festival of Wine and Food from the Rhône Valley to be held in the historic Palais des Papes (Pope’s Palace) in Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur). Vinsobres is one of the named Côtes du Rhône Villages – entitled to include the name of the village on the label – indicating a generally higher quality from vines grown on the hillsides on the edge of the southern Rhône Valley. This festival and ceremony marks the official start of grape picking (vendanges) and includes [...] Vinsobres, Cotes du Rhone-Villages AC is one of the crus of the southern Rhone, and celebrates the beginning of the Harvest (Ban des Vendanges du Cru) For more info see http://www.vinsobres.fr Veraison wine festival at Chateauneuf-du-Pape. As this is the most prestigious wine of the southern Rhone valley, then it should be well worth a visit. It is a ”traditional” medieval festival with joustings, horse riding, jugglers, fire eaters, sword fights and a medieval style carnival centred around a winemakers “village” (village vigneron) “Veraison” refers to the [...]
One of the most important Côtes-du-Rhône Villages holds its annual Festival – lots of music, Provencal market stalls and the opportunity to taste the wines of Cairanne. Evening Jazz concerts in the vineyards of the Southern Rhone 1 September 2007 – Cairanne 27 October 2007 – Visan 17 November 2007 – Cairanne For more info see www.frenchduck.com For some Canadian friends we put together some ideas from our experience to demonstrate how best to do a few days wine touring in the southern Rhône Valley. This is such a rich area to visit – scenically, historically and from a wine (and food) perspective. We chose to base the tour in St Remy de [...] The Domaine la Fourmone and its sister vineyard l’Oustau Fauquet produce top quality Vacquyras AC, Gigondas AC and Côtes du Rhône wines – The choice of budget airline routes from UK to France is impressive,
Region: Rhône Valley 2 principal cuvées produced – Cuvée Traditionelle and the Cuvée Cigaloun both very rich and high in alcohol. Wonderfully spicy overtones, with the Cigaloun balancing the spice with really good fruit. From selected plots, velvet colour, spicy nose,grilled aromas, palate delight. … When it nears the lavender [...] Madame Combe has a fearsome reputation for producing excellent wines in the Côtes du Rhône
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