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Red Wines
At its best, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Recommended Reds
produces heady, intense wines to Château de Beaucastel
accompany the most robust meat Châteauneuf-du-Pape
dishes. Bandol also makes superb, long- Château du Trignon
lived red wines. For a lighter alternative, Sablet, Côtes du Rhône
choose a Provençal or Côtes Château Val Joanis
du Rhône red. Wines from one of the Côtes du Luberon
named Rhône villages should be of Château de Pibarnon
superior quality – Bandol
or seek out reds
from reliable Domaine des Alysses
Coteaux Varois
producers in, for
example, Les Domaine Font de Michelle
Baux-de-Provence, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
or the Côtes du A spicy Château- A Château de Fine wine from Domaine Tempier
Luberon. neuf-du-Pape Beaucastel red Château Val Joanis Bandol

Digne-les-Bains

The grape harvest for Côtes de Provence red wine
Nice
Key to Wine Areas
Bandol & Côtes de Provence
Cannes Bellet
Les Arcs Cassis
Costières de Nîmes
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence
Coteaux de Pierrevert
Coteaux Varois
St-Tropez Côtes de Provence
Toulon
Le Lavandou Côtes de Ventoux
Hyères A light Muscat de Côtes du Luberon
Beaumes-de-Venise Côtes du Rhône
Fortified Wines
In vins doux naturels (naturally
sweet wines) fermentation is
stopped before all the sugar has
turned to alcohol, and the wine
is then lightly fortified with
spirit. Delicious as a chilled
apéritif, with desserts or instead
of a liqueur, most are based on
the exotically scented Muscat
grape and range from cloyingly
sweet to lusciously fragrant.
Others are based on the red Typical Muscat
Grenache grape. bottle shape The stony, sun-reflecting soil of the Rhône valley