Luberon wine

MENERBESDomaine de La Citadelle Route de Cavaillon 84560 Ménerbes Tel: 04 90 72 41 58 www.domaine-citadelle.com Domaine Ruffinato Quartier le Tubet 84560 Menerbes Tel: 04 90 72 39 76 BONNIEUXChâteau la Canorgue Route du Pont Julien 84480 Bonnieux Tel: 04 90 75 81 01 Château de l'Isolette route Bonnieux 84400 Apt Tel: 04 90 74 56 79

LOURMARIN Château Constantin-Chevalier 84160 Lourmarin Tel :04 90 68 38 99 Château Fontvert Chemin de Pierrouret 84160 Lourmarin Tel: 04 90 68 35 83 www.fontvert.com OPPEDE Domaine des Jeanne 1350, Chemin des Sablieres 84580 Oppede Tel: 06 42 82 36 15 www.domainedesjeanne.frPUGET-SUR-DURANCE Château la Verrerie 84360 Puget-sur-Durance Tel: 04 90 08 32 98 www.chateau-la-verrerie.fr

There are some very good wines in the Luberon, but if you want great wines you need to head for Avignon and the Rhone wine trail. Start at Chateauneuf du Pape, where you do pay a premium for the name, and head up to Gigondas, Cairanne and Vacqueyras, then take the autoroute north to Valence, where the god of wine probably lives : Cornas, Crozes-Hermitage, St Joseph, Condrieu, and Cote Rôtie, one divine appellation after another.

You may want to take a guided wine tour to get a more rounded appreciation, the ones listed here state that they provide tours in English:GUIDED WINE TOURS IN ENGLISHWine Uncovered with Olivier Hickman

Expert-led visits to top Southern Rhone wine domaines
Tel: 06 75 10 10 01
www.wine-uncovered.com

Avignon Wine Tour
Tel: 06 28 05 33 84
www.avignon-wine-tour.com

Découvertes Vigneronnes
Expert-led visits to top Southern Rhone wine domaines
Tel: 06 78 70 55 93
www.decouvertesvigneronnes.fr

Le Vin à la Bouche
Wine tours of the Rhone valley and Provence vineyards
Tel: 06 76 59 56 30
www.levinalabouche.com