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25
centuries ago, the vineyard already flourished in Provence. It is the Greeks from
Phocée who, appreciating the plantations of syrah, implanted it in Marseille where
from it reached all the Côtes du Rhône valley, insuring the wine fate
of the region. Today,
we distinguish two wine-producing regions: Côtes-du-Rhône and Côtes-de-Provence.
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- The Côte du
Rhone vineyard extends in its Southern part over the departments of Vaucluse,
Drôme and Gard. The wine growers produce red wines, the most famous naming of
which are Châteauneuf of the Pape and Gigondas, rosé wines (Tavel and Lirac)
and whites (Beaumes de Venise). The quality of wines goes together with the beauty
of vineyards, blooming at the feet of the Dentelles de Montmirail, and the Mediterranean
charm of often high perched villages.
- The
Côte de Provence vineyard concentrates, on both departments of Bouches-du-Rhône
and Var. Vineyards begin at once on the bank of the Mediterranean Sea and spreads
towards the back country. Cassis is a soil to white wines who obtained the AOC
from 1936, one of first one in France (label of quality). But the Provençal star,
it is Bandol.
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these two roads of wines, I suggest you to meet vineyards, wine growers and their
wines, and to discover by this way, an aspect of the Provençal gastronomy. In
addition of that, it is a ballad in the heart of the most beautiful Provençal
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