Luberon Wine

You will come across many wineries as you drive around the Luberon, invariably there will be a tasting room where you can try out the wine and buy some. To save some time and mileage, below are some of my favourite Luberon wines.

MENERBES
Domaine 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
www.domaine-ruffinatto.fr

BONNIEUX
Château la Canorgue
Route du Pont Julien 84480 Bonnieux
Tel: 04 90 75 81 01
www.chateaulacanorgue.com

Château de l'Isolette
route Bonnieux 84400 Apt
Tel: 04 90 74 56 79
www.chateau-isolette.fr

LOURMARIN
Château Constantin-Chevalier
84160 Lourmarin
Tel :04 90 68 38 99
www.chateau-constantin.fr

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.fr

PUGET-SUR-DURANCE
Château la Verrerie
84360 Puget-sur-Durance
Tel: 04 90 08 32 98
www.chateau-la-verrerie.com

Rhone wine trail tours

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:

Wine 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

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