Wine tasting Provence: You can choose between 2 different tours according to your time and budget:
Tour No. 1: 1/2 day (Not always possible on saturdays and generally never on sundays)The wine route tour starts at 2:00 pm finishes at about 7:00 pm. Visited wineries may vary according to availability of owners. Stop at a winery in Vacqueyras Le Clos de Caveau, producing organic wines rated 91 by Robert Parker. These wines have won a gold medal at the Paris trade fair (most famous award in France for wines) Tasting of 2 or 3 wines and explanations on organic wine making. Clos de Caveau. Stop at the cooperative winery of Cairanne on the wine route of Provence to follow the "5 senses course" (Guided explanations). Commentary and wine tasting of 4 different wines produced by this AOC Cotes du Rhone Village cooperative (explanation by a sommelier).
Wine tasting and visit at the Château Saint-Esteve in Uchaux producing AOC "Côtes du Rhône Village Massif d'Uchaux" Excellent "viognier" white wine. Wine tasting of a minimum of 3 different vintages.
Châteauneuf du Pape : tasting of 6 different wines produced in Châteauneuf du Pape (different wineries) with commentary and description by a qualified oenologist/sommelier in a beautiful cellar carved in the mountain.La Cave du Verger des Papes.
Visit of the remains of a 2200 years old roman winery. View on the Rhone Valley from the Chateauneuf du Pape Pope's castle. Opportunity to buy wines at cellar prices 20 % VAT deducted when wines are shipped to your door. 20 % discount!
A complete documentation about Côtes du Rhône wines will be offered as well as a surprisingly useful device. The program may vary slightly according to wineries availability the day of the tour.
Wineries Wine tours, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Beaumes de Venise. Provence accommodation. bed breakfast Avignon
Tour No. 2: 1/2 day with dinner and final tasting (afternoons only, not always possible on saturdays and generally never on sundays)
Same as tour No. 1 plus:
Back to le Mas at 7:00 pm: wine tasting (blind test) of 4 different "A.O.C." of the area: Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône villages, Vacqueyras, Côtes du Rhône villages white, Châteauneuf du Pape, etc...(Wines may vary slightly according to food served).
Gastronomic dinner at le Mas served with an elegant "French touch": porcelain plates of Limoges gilded with gold sheet, Baccarrat crystal glasses and silver cutleries massive. The dinner comprises one entrée, one main course, cheese and desert and is entirely home made. All wines tasted previoulsly are included.
Extra option: stay and enjoy our B&B. Minimum 2 nights.
Accommodation in a *** double bed studio with private bathroom and toilets and private terrace. View of Ventoux mountain and the vineyards. Pool. Garden. - French continental breakfasts : fruit juice, yogurt, coffee or tea, assortment of bread rolls and croisssants.Butter and home made marmelade."If Charles & Andrée Barail's B&B in a 17th-century stone mas surrounded by unruly flowerbeds, lawns, and gravel terraces shaded by mature trees isn't your Provencal rural fantasy come to life, then you've got the wrong picture." © Condé Nast Traveler
Cost of this option : 85,00 € / 2pers / night. (minimum for 2 persons accommodated in a studio) to be added to the chosen tour.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices per person do not include accommodation
Cost of Tour # 1: 200,00 €/pers. (minimum 2 persons. For 5 pers. up to 6 pers.: 190,00 €/pers.)
Cost of Tour # 2 : 250,00 €/pers. (minimum 2 persons. For 5 pers. up to 6 pers. : 230,00 €/pers.)
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