This organic vineyard with its award-winning wines and comfortable and completely outfitted gites…read more(self-catering apartments and homes) on the property are my idea of a piece of heaven in Provence. The pools help make it even better in the summer, relaxing with a glass of Carmin Brilliant, a fantastic organic wine made from grapes on the property. Vacqueyras is a fabulous destination if you want an authentic and central place to use as a base to tour the countryside of the Vaucluse region....just make sure you have a designated driver to stop at all the other vineyards you pass as you make day trips to include Nimes, Vaison la Romaine, Carpentras, Arles and of course, you get there from Avignon, about 30 minutes away by car. My friends stopped there on their honeymoon and said that it was the best part of their tour through France due to the warm welcome they received including suggestions from the owner, Henri Bungener, as to what to do and see in the area. I go back every time I am in France!

take the time to visit Henri Bungener's excellent family winery in Vacqueyras. He carefully…read moreexplains his specific terroir and how he has adjusted his wine making to accommodate the varied soil types caused by ancient land uplifting dating back to pangea times. My favorite was his 2010 Lao Muse (more expensive at 50 Euros) which was fruity and bold. Good wine prices for his other wines and a chance to meet an excellent wine maker while viewing the Dentelles of Montmirail!

From the owner: 80 familles de vignerons partagent un savoir-faire transmis de génération en génération. C'est en…read more1956, suite à un hiver mémorable qui a gelé la majorité des oliviers de la région de Vacqueyras, que quelques vignerons décident de mettre en commun savoir-faire et vignobles. Doux, Arcusi, Seignour, Vrastor, Mery, Vache déposent alors, au coeur de la vallée du Rhône, au pied des Dentelles de Montmirail, les premières pierres de la cave coopérative de Vacqueyras. Guidés par la passion de leur métier, les vignerons ont su s'adapter aux époques et faire évoluer la cave jusqu'à devenir, aujourd'hui, les Vignerons de Caractère, une cave enracinée dans son terroir mais tournée vers l'avenir.

From the owner: En 1956, Pierre Blachon, pharmacien du village réussit à convaincre une poignée de producteurs pour…read moreunir leur savoir-faire, convaincu du potentiel du terroir Muscat et de la magnifique exposition du vignoble. C'est ainsi que Blachon, Haut, Clement, Milhaud, Messonnier, Soard, Mercier & Blanchard ont posé les premières pierres de la cave des Vignerons de Beaumes de Venise.