Wine tour to the South of France
Costières de Nîmes, Côtes-du-Rhône och Languedoc!
Take
a brake for a long weekend and greet spring time in the South of France, while
meeting some of the future stars of French winemaking. During the four days we
will visit three different wine regions!
Our base is Nîmes, close to the Mediterranean but not more than three hours away
from Paris. Here you can find some of France’s most exceptional ruins from Roman
times: the Arena and the Maison Carrée, just to mention two. This gives us a
comfortably short distance to our chosen regions.
We meet in Nîmes on the evening of March 3 (you arrange your own travel to
Nîmes). Over the following three days we will visit two to three wine producers
each day.
In
Coteaux du Languedoc we will visit, among others, Château Puech-Haut where
Gerard Bru over the last 15 years has created one of the most esteemed
properties in Languedoc, and Domaine de la Coste in Saint Christol where Luc
Moynier has become an expert at producing outstanding wines from the Mourvèdre
grape thanks to low yields.
Costières de Nîmes has made enormous progress over the last few years and among
those we will visit is Château Mourgues de Gres that has been much appreciated
for its high quality wines and become something of a favourite at the wine bars
in Paris. We will also stop at Mas de Bressades where Cyril Marès’s fairly small
property (22 hectares) first became known for his vin de pays-wines made from
Cabernet and Syrah. Recently he has also started to produce more ‘classic’ AOC
wines.
We
are not far away from the Southern part of the Rhone valley with its famous Pont
du Gard Roman aqueduct. Close by we will visit one of the most interesting
cooperatives in France: Caves des Vignerons d’Estezargues. The make some very
good wines at still affordable prices.
To assure that our visits are of high quality and that we get a personal
welcome we will be a group of not more than around 18 participants.
Contact me if on email or phone if you have any questions or if you want more
details about the tour. The full and detailed program will be available at a
later date.
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Facts
 | Included in the price are: four nights in a double room, including
breakfast at the charming Hôtel Kyriad in central Nîmes, close to all sights;
all lunches, including wine; buss transport in the region; all vineyard visits
including tastings; interpretation (as needed) from French to English; wine
and tourism guiding; documentation about the region and the growers. |
| You arrange for your own transport to Nîmes (we can give you advice) and
we meet in Nîmes on the evening of March 3. The following three days are
filled up with vineyard visits and Sunday March 7 is leaving-day. |
| Tour organiser: WineTastings Britt Karlsson |
| Guide: Britt Karlsson. Britt is of Swedish origin and based in Paris.
Since almost 15 years she works with wine, wine education, wine journalism and
organises wine tours. She has over the years arrange a large number of wine
tours and has an extensive network of contacts in the wine regions and a deep
knowledge of recent developments to make sure that our visits are exceptional. |
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