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There are few things so evocative of summer than the strawberry – and of course in southern France summer comes earlier than it does in northern climes. Hence the village of Velleron (84 Vaucluse, Provence) holds its annual Fete de la Fraise on May 8th 2010. Set in the heart of the Rhône Valley north ………Continue reading Provence Strawberry Festival 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 ………Continue reading Southern Rhône Wine Tour The Domaine la Fourmone and its sister vineyard l’Oustau Fauquet produce top quality Vacquyras AC, Gigondas AC and Côtes du Rhône wines – More info about the domaine see map Now that most of the grape harvest is over, except for late harvest-style dessert wines, the attention now moves to that other vine – the olive. In Provence in particular many wine domaines will also grow olive vines (e.g. Mas Sainte Berthe at les Baux de Provence (13, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence)). So for a different ………Continue reading Olive Harvest in Provence Region: Rhône Valley Appellation: Gigondas AC Producer: Domaine la Fourmone Grapes: Grenache 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. … ………Continue reading Gigondas AC, l’Oustau Fauquet As ALLEZ VINS! UK French wine merchants we imported the wines of Domaine la Fourmone and l’Oustau Fauquet for many years, Madame Combe produces high quality intense wines using traditional techniques from the domaine nestling under the Dentelles mountains.Significantly the wines are not filtered, which enables them to retain all the structure and body ………Continue reading Domaine la Fourmone – Vacqueyras & Gigondas As ALLEZ VINS! UK French wine merchants we imported the wines of Domaine la Fourmone and l’Oustau Fauquet for many years, Madame Combe produces high quality intense wines using traditional techniques from the domaine nestling under the Dentelles mountains.Significantly the wines are not filtered, which enables them to retain all the structure and body ………Continue reading Domaine la Fourmone – Vacqueyras & Gigondas Region: Rhône Valley Appellation: Vacqeyras AC Producer: Domaine la Fourmone Grapes: Grenache, Syrah Several cuvées are produced – Tresor du Poete, Sélection Maître de Chais and Cuvée des Ceps d’or. There is also a White Vacqueyras – Cuvée Fleurantine! Big powerful and velvety smooth spicy Rhône red – excellent (S.Rhône) Made from Grenache and ………Continue reading Vacqueyras Domaine la Fourmone |
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