VILLAGES
OF PROVENCE
Chateauneuf du Pape
A well-known Rhone wine region by wine lovers around the world,
this region covers more than 3,200 hectacres and produces over
110,000 hectolitres of wine per year.
Chateauneuf du Pape translates to ‘The Pope’s New
Castle’ and the region is entirely entwined with papal history
from 1308.
Lovers of Burgundy wines, the consecutive popes of the era promoted
wine-growing around Avignon (near the Pope’s Palace). The
unique combination of sandy, rocky limestone soil, long dry summers
with long hot daylight hours and the mistral wind contributed
to magnificent grape producing conditions.
Wines produced in this region are typically high in alcohol (13-15%),
are predominantly red in variety and age superbly.
A wine lover’s delight.
Orange
Roman Orange was founded in 35BC (later associated with the
fruit!). It was endowed with many Roman monuments which are now
UNESCO world heritage sites – the forum, temple, triumphal
arch and theatre. It was the capital of northern Provence and
was considered to be a miniature Rome.
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