TO GASCONY AND LES VINS DU SUD-OUEST: LA DOUCEUR DE VIVRE
Today I co-posted with David who writes the food blog entitled Cocoa & Lavender. See his blog for one of [...]
Wine
CHÂTEAU MIRAVAL: A CELEBRITY LONG BEFORE BRAD AND ANGELINA MOVED IN
Château Miraval, summer home of the uber famous Brangelina family, was celebrated among rosé lovers and baby boomer rock and rollers long before the renowned family moved in. Pink Floyd anyone?
Readers of a certain age may be able to dust off an old album that was recorded, in part, in this château: Pink Floyd’s legendary The Wall. [...]
DOMAINE DES VAUDOIS: WINE, OLIVE OIL, AND A LOT OF HISTORY
Cabrières d’Aigues, home of the Domaine de Vaudois, is not on the typical traveler’s itinerary. It lacks the visible charm of other Luberon villages such as those featured prominently in a Rick Steves’ tour guide or a Peter Mayle novel. In fact, a quick google [...]
30 ROSÉ WINES TO TASTE: PROVENCE COMES TO NEW YORK CITY
The growing demand for excellent rosés—and Provence’s ability to meet that demand—was unmistakably clear at “Provence in the City 2013,” a tasting of rosé wines in New York City last Tuesday. With over 30 wineries from the heart of the world’s [...]
LOOKING FOR WINE IN THE LUBERON
With so many reasons to visit Provence’s Luberon, it’s hard to choose just one to sit at the top of the list. There’s the sunshine, the lighting, the laid-back lifestyle, the Roman ruins, the bories, the hiking, the biking, the fêtes, the markets, the food, the [...]
ENCHANTING EVENING IN PROVENCE: WINE TASTING AT CAVE AURETO AND DINNER AT “LE JARDIN DANS LES VIGNES” IN LA COQUILLADE (AT AN ENCHANTING PRICE, TOO!)
We began at Cave Aureto where we met our friend Pierre Schott, the retail cavistes of the winery’s cellar. After a very interesting tour of their uncommonly modern winery and a tasting flight of their award-winning wines, we made our way to the [...]
11 SHADES OF ROSÉ….MUCH BETTER THAN 50 SHADES OF GREY
We opened ten bottles of rosé within 24 hours last week. Good friends David and Mark were visiting their old stomping grounds here in Portsmouth. Since we had enjoyed so many rosés while we were together in Provence in 2008, we made those pink [...]
PÉTANQUE GOES WELL WITH PASTIS
We played pétanque, drank pastis, and spoke a little French last weekend. The only sign that we were in [...]
ROSÉ, WHITE, AND BLUE ON BASTILLE DAY
Yesterday was Bastille Day. I know I should have been thinking red, white and blue—thick swaths of each color—as I arranged our small French Tricolors around the dinner table, listened to French CDs, chopped fennel, onion and parsley for our soupe de poisons aux [...]
A CHILLED PIERREVERT ROSÉ FOR A CHILLY VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I am thinking “pink.” A chilly Valentine’s Day is expected—even in Provence!—which, in my opinion, calls for a festive wine! [...]
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