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Visiting the wine producers
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main reason for visiting Chateauneuf du Pape as a tourist is to taste and
buy a few bottles or perhaps fill up the car with the wonderful wines you
can get here. There are very few towns around the world where you in such a small area can find so many different good bottles of wine. Of course you can buy a bottle of wine from this town at your wine merchant everywhere around the world but to buy it at the producer is quite another thing, not because the price will be much lower but because you in this way get much more than a bottle with wine - you get memories about a place, memories about people you meet there and when later at home you enjoy the wine you have a history to share with your family or your guests. This homepage from a wine lover is a possibility for you to be able to orientate yourself better when you are among all the good stuff. A
few producers do not have direct sale at all and you have to get a special
introduction if you want to visit these producers. If you are lucky to
have such one be sure you know where the producer lives because there will
be no sign to tell you where to go. Some
producers receive visitors but you have to mail or phone in advance to get
an appointment. The reason for this can be like what is said on the
homepage of Domaine Charvin's: "To
manage a family wine field is a demanding occupation and sometimes we
regret not being able to devote as much time as we would like to meet our
customers and other visitors. We however endeavour to receive those and to
taste our wines with them. Therefore we recommend to make an appointment." Quite
many producers have opening hours and a tasting/sales room where you can
always meet someone. It can be a member of the family or it may be an
employee. On the pages about the different producers (links from here)
you can se the opening hours. If you are very serious about your wine buying you have made a plan before your visits. Then you will know who you want to visit and which wines you want to taste at the different places. Available wine depend of course of whether Cotes du Rhone are produced or not and if white wines are produced or not. If all of these wines are produced you can choose between the following wines and they are shown in the order of which they should be tasted.
It's
your choise at what level you want to start the tasting. It should be
noted that it's not uncivil behaviour to spit out some wine when you have
got the taste. The
prices for the wines vary quite a lot. The price for an average Chateauneuf
du Pape is about 15€ but many wines cost some more. In
2006 you can expect the vintages of red Chateauneuf du Pape to be 2004
even if som estates don't bottle the wines before the autumn. The red
Cotes du Rhone will probably be from 2005. You
should not be walking from one place to another without buying any wine,
but if you don't find the wine good enough or you find it too expensive
then just thank for the tasting and leave without buying anything. After
buying some wines and if you are an interested visitor you can easily aske
if it's possible to see the cellars. You'll never get more than a no. If
you meet the owner and you have a good communication with him, he will be
proud to show his cellars. |
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