Located across the Rhône River from Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, the region of Tavel is unique because it produces only rosé. The wine is so distinct that it has gained a following of notable like popes, kings,... Read More
Charles Bieler is a winemaking juggernaut with colabs around the world, but no project is more important than the one he has with his father at Bieler Pere et Fils. After selling Chateau Routas in 2005, the family has been dedicated... Read More
Domaine de Fenouillet has been producing wine in the village of Beaumes-de-Venise (one of the classified Rhône villages) for 100 years, and brothers Patrick and Vincent Soard have expanded production to include southerly... Read More
Sophie, Jean-Marc, and their daughter Maude (representing the fifth generation) cultivate 30 hectares: 12.5 in Sablet, 3.5 within Gigondas, and 14 classified as Côtes du Rhône. La Grange is made from 45-year-old vines... Read More
Karina and Guillaume Lefèvre fell in love while hiking in Corsica and ended up in Provence as a part of a program subsidizing young people to take up farming. In 2004, the couple purchased the 71-acre Domaine de Sulauze... Read More
Hauvette has a nondescript label offering virtually no information about this obscure Provençal wine. Let's start with the region. Indication Géographique Protégée Alpilles is located within Parc... Read More
Mouthwatering aromas of strawberry cream on the nose, followed by a silky, refined palate with delicate but distinct flavors of melon and peach. Textured and up to the challenge of pairing with whole roasted chicken, mashed potatoes... Read More
Although Bulbille is classified as a Vin de France, it comes from just outside the Cru village of Cairanne, but don't expect the usual Côtes du Rhône. Bubille (young bud) is early-harvested, co-fermented Counoise... Read More
Domaine Tempier is an old-school original Provençal rosè that graced the tables of Chez Panisse back in 1970s Berkley, CA, and is still around with even greater demand than the winery could ever supply. Tempier is... Read More
The Negrel family began making wine in Mont Sainte-Victoire's shadow nearly 80 years before Paul Cezanne painted his ode to the mountain in 1890. In 2005, this eponymous 400-acre subregion of Côtes De Provence finally... Read More
Made by the Brunier family since the turn of the 20th century, La Crau is their grand cru, 156-acre vineyard of old vines. Considered the finest vineyards in the AOC, Le Crau is a stone-filled plateau located in the southeast... Read More
