Provence
Provence, for everyone is a holiday destination, where "it's always sunny" and where people with their accent, take time to live... For winemakers, it's also a country of sun, shining three thousand hours per year!
The rains are rare but violent winds and fiery rugged are present. The Phoenicians, when they landed in Marseilles around 600 BC. AD, were not surprised to see the vineyard, like at home, and participated in its dissemination. Later, the Romans and then the monks and nobles, and to King René of Anjou, Count of Provence XV., imitated them.
Today the region is known predominately for its rosé wine, though wine critics such as Tom Stevenson believe that region's best wines are the spicy, full-flavoured red wines. Rosé wine currently accounts for more than half of the production of Provençal wine, with red wine accounting for about a third of the region's production. White wine is also produced in small quantities throughout the region with the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) region of Cassis specializing in white wine production. The Côtes de Provence is the largest AOC followed by the Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence. The Bandol region near Toulon is one of the more internationally recognized Provençal wine regions.
Château Reillane Premium Rosé
Côtes de Provence
