by di Sep 30, 2025 0 comments
Cinsault is also called Cinault and is widely planted throughout southern France (France's 4th most planted grape variety). It is used to add perfume and fruit to wines such as Minervois and Corbières from the Languedoc where it is blended with Grenache and Carignan.
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by di Nov 03, 2017 0 comments
Côtes du Rhône Villages - Plan de Dieu AOC Taking up one of the 20 named Côtes du Rhône Villages spots, Plan-de-Dieu is located in the southern Rhône Valley and just to the north of the region of Vaucluse (Provence).
by di Oct 30, 2017 0 comments
If, like me, you are totally flummoxed by the many different bottles, all with Côtes du Rhône on the label then you are not alone. Look on the shelf at the store for a bottle of CDR (Côtes du Rhône) and there are rows and rows, all seemingly the same.
by di Apr 07, 2017 0 comments
Exploring Wines in Provence I have been lucky enough to spend a good part of this winter in Provence where I made it my mission to find out as much as I could about the region, it's food and it's wines.
by di Jan 26, 2017 0 comments
Like many wine lovers the Rhône valley, and it's wines, intrigues me and has done ever since I became interested in the subject. One of my earliest wine memories involved a bottle (or two) of Côtes du Rhône, a rather large chunk of Stilton cheese and a wonderful raucous evening spent with great friends.
