Chateau la Suffrène,
Bandol
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Chateau la Suffrene ) |
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A group of attentive vineyard visitors |
One of the cuves inox more than full of
must or wine |
The old wood aging 'futs' |
M Gravier, of the owner family |
The overflowing cuve being cleaned up |
Domaine Bosquet des Papes,
Chateauneuf-du-Papes
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M Boiron, the new generation of the owner
family wine maker |
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This is cooling (or heating) "curtains"
that can be put in the fermenting vat to adjust the temperature by
running water through them |
To make it easier to top up the casks |
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Coteaux Aix en Provence ) |
Chateau Calissanne
Lançon-de-Provence,
Coteaux-d'Aix-en-Provence
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A proud vigneron / wine maker |
This is all that remains of the summer
palace of the Pope of Avignon, which gave it's name to Chateauneuf |
M Denis Langue, a wine consultant working for
the domaine |
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M Langue with one of the persons
responsible for the wine making |
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Chateau Calissanne has a large reception
room where visitors can taste the wine |
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Domain de la Citadelle,
Ménerbes
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Chateau de Beaupré,
Saint-Cannat,
Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
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Roses at the end of the row of vines -
traditionally a way of detecting early an attack on the vines |
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One of the staff at Domaine de la
Citadelle ( menerbes ) |
M Christian Double |
A fountain in the garden |
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M Double |
One of the vineyard tractors bringing home
grapes |
Britt Karlsson explaining the wine making to a group of
visitors |
Some Ch de Beaupré being poured for tasting |
One of the staff at Ch de Beaupré
( chateau beaupre ) |
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Domain de la Citadelle,
Ménerbes,
Cotes du Luberon
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The wine cellar entry sign posted for visitors |
Grapes brought in to the 'cuverie' and
tipped into the crusher-destemmer (egrappoir-fouloir) |
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The cuverie with its concrete fermenting
vats at Chateau de Beaupré |
A very ripe bunch |
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A view from the vineyard over the village
of Ménerbes with its Citadelle that has given its name to the domaine |
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M Yves Rousset-Rouard, the owner of the
wine estate Domaine
de la Citadelle, as well as they Mayor of Menèrbes and ex-film producer |
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The Domaine de la Citadelle cuverie
(winery) as
seen from the viewing and supervision room, with its stainless steel
fermenting vats |
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The control console is strategically
located in the control room to impress visitors |
The wine cellar vaults... |
... with some visitors |
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The wine tasting room has a spectacular view
over the village |
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Domain de Tara
Roussillon,
Cotes-de-Ventoux
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M Rousset-Rouard seeming quite happy with what he has
achived |
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Mme Droux, the owner |
Mlle Droux, the young, passionate and very
talented wine maker at Domaine de Tara |
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