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Light Cycling tour in Provence Côtes du Rhône ViIlage, Luberon
You can include winery visits as part of four light cycling packages
in Provence:
Visiting some wineries
If you are interested in tasting and finding out about some of the top
wines of Provence, we can offer you two possibilities planned and guided
by our wine professional Guide. A third option is you go by yourself we
indicate where to go.
Option 1. Half-day guided visit to the stunning vineyards and wineries
of two top wine domaines in one of the five wine villages, Gigondas, Vacqueyras,
Rasteau, Sablet or Séguret that are clustered around the Dentelles de Montmirail
Hills.
Each half-day visit compares and contrast wines from two different domaines.
Our guide explains the elusive concept of “terroir” and demonstrates, in
an accessible way, how different terroir, grape varieties, vine-growing
and winemaking methods determine the characteristics and quality of the
different wines that you taste.
The guided visits appeal to all wine drinkers, from those who simply enjoy
a glass from time to time, to wine enthusiasts seeking to broaden their
understanding.
Option 2. Coordinated wine cycle holiday where you can:
1. Discover and learn all about the wines of the Southern Rhône & Provence;
2. Visit an interesting and broad range of top wine domaines in the finest
wine villages of Provence and; most importantly,
3. Discover something new and different in each winery that you visit;
The three most common problems with wine holidays (either organised by tour
operators or by the visitors themselves) where they visit several different
wineries are that the guides/owners at each winery:
1. Assume their visitors already have a reasonable level of knowledge about
wine in general and local wines in particular;
2. Repeat the same general wine information the visitors have heard at previous
wineries;
3. Often contradict each other leaving the visitors confused at best about
the region's wines.
Each wine cycle holiday we offer is individually planned by our guide.
Depending on the duration of your trip, you will visit wine domaines in
up to 7 different wine villages, of which the initial visits (anything from
the first 1 to 4 visits) will be guided so you can get a comprehensible
understanding of:
1. "Terroir" and the local appellations;
2. The local grape varieties;
3. How the wine domaines work the vineyards;
4. Winemaking in general and the methods used by each winery.
You will then be well armed with general and local wine knowledge to visit
other wineries in other wine villages on your cycle route that are interesting
contrasts to the wineries you have already visited so as to give you a broad
picture of the region's wines.
The guide will plan each wine cycle holiday:
1. The guide will create specifically tailored guided visits – He will speak
directly to you once you have confirmed the booking to establish the things
you would like to find out about/learn/discover, etc. He will then plan
each of your guided visits on the basis of that discussion.
2. The guide will personally meet the owners of each wine domaine you will
visit on your own to plan your tasting and visit (even though it is not
guided by him) so you discover something new and different at each wine
domaine you visit.
3. The guide will provide you with coherent, consistent and coordinated
information about the appellations you will visit and all the wines you
will taste during your visits, including wines from the domaines that are
not guided by him. This will allow you to appreciate and understand all
the wines that you taste in a understandable and coherent way.
The guide will happily book/recommend restaurants that list the wines from
each of the domaines you visit so you can enjoy lunch / dinner with some
of the wines you have tasted during your visits.
Price per visit guided: 150 euros per visit or 40 euros per person if there
are three or more people.
Price per visit not guided: Varies depending on the wine domaine visited.
Anything from 2 euros per person upwards depending on the type of visit.
Planning costs: Between 100 to 200 euros, depending on the number of wine
domaine visits
Transport: As indicated above in Option 1
Regarding some questions you might have regarding the wineries you will
visit on your own:
Most wineries welcome visitors to taste (and purchase!) their wines. Very
few do tours and most of those that do require prior appointments.
There may be a small tasting fee at each of the wineries (which they can
pay at the time of the visit) if you do not purchase any wine.
If they do not speak much French and need English speaking owners then the
guide will find suitable wineries
The guide will arrange for each winery you visit to show the winemaking
cellar and point out any interesting things that will not have seen on the
guided visits.
Option 3.We tell you where to go. You go all by yourself
You can include these winery visits as part of four light cycling packages
in Provence:
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Languedoc-Roussillon
Cathar