Follow our guest blogger Monique Volz in her journey through Rhône Valley & Languedoc vineyards below: 

DAY 0 - Avignon, Rhône Valley

• Diner at "L'Essentiel"

• Night at "La Petite Saunerie"

DAY 1 – Avignon, Domaine de Pourvarel, Le Pont du Gard, Ardèche, Rhône Valley

• Discover « les Halles d’Avignon » (covered market)

Les Halles d'Avignon is a typical provencal market, made up for 40 merchants.

• Visit of the Sernhac tunnels at the “Domaine de Pourvarel”

• Lunch: Winegrowers Picnic at “Le Pont du Gard” 

• Guided tour of “Le Pont du Gard”

• Free time returning to Ardèche and Notre Dame de Cousignac

DAY 2 – Ardèche, Suze la Rousse, Domaine Rouge Bleu, Rhône Valley

• Caving oenology in the caves of St Marcel d'Ardèche with a tasting of "vinolithic" wines

• Tasting at the Chapouton Farm, visit and lunch at the restaurant Le clair de la Plume

• Visit of "Domaine de Montine Grignan"

Visit of the estate and its surroundings by horse-drawn carriage

• Visit of the Château and the Suze la Rousse Wine University

• Diner & Night at "Domaine Rouge Bleu"

Overnight in a guest room in the heart of the vineyards

DAY 3 - Avignon, Rhône Valley 

• Sainte Cécile market

• Discovery of the vineyard with 4x4 Rhonéa

• Lunch at “Le dolium – la cave à manger”

Fresh and seasonal products

• Visit the city of Avignon 

• Wine tasting workshop at « l’Ecole des vins du Carré du Palais »

Tasting with a sommelier from Suze la Rousse University of Wine (in english)

• Diner at "Le Carré du Palais"

• Night at "Hôtel de l'Horloge"

DAY 4 – From Avignon to Marseillan Beach, Occitanie - South of France 

• Transfer from Avignon to Marseillan

• Lunch at le Bistrot du Camping Beach Garden

• Afternoon to relax at the beach, enjoy the indoor and outdoor pools and take a stroll

• Diner at le Bistrot du Camping Beach Garden restaurant

DAY 5 – Bassin de Thau, Languedoc Vineyard, Occitanie - South of France 

• "Behind the scenes of James Bond's favorite cocktail" at Maison Noilly Prat

Visit of the cellars, tasting of different ranges of Noilly, Dry Martini workshop.

• Lunch at Le Saint Barth & Discovery of an exceptional type of oyster, the “Tarbouriech Special”

• On board of an oyster-concrete barge to discover the oyster beds

• Visit of the Domaine Tarbouriech and Ostreatherapy care at the domaine's Spa

• Diner at Domaine “la Folie” restaurant

• Night in one of “Domaine Tarbouriech's” lodges

DAY 6 – Castigno in Assignan, Languedoc Vineyard, Occitanie - South of France 

• Departure for the Castigno Village in Assignan

Accommodation, restaurants, wellness area…and organic wines.

• Road trip in Vespa and picnic in the surroundings, followed by a discovery of the village of Roquebrun.

• Visit of the new cellar and its impressive architecture, with a tasting of 5 organic wines from the estate.

• Evening in the village, with a surprising take on wood fire bbq. 

• Night at “la Maison d’Amis”