THE PONT DU GARD, A MUST-SEE SITE, IS MY PICK FOR A SUMMER’S LAST HURRAH!
Over the valley, from side to side, and ever so high in the air, stretch the three tiers of the tremendous [...]
Articles by Susan Manfull
CHÂTEAU D’ESCLANS’ GARRUS ROSÉ BEDAZZLES
"It's a big wine....it's a long story."
I bemoaned in my last post that I am not in Provence right now (as I often am this time of year). But, our recent tasting of four rosés from [...]
AUGUST IN PROVENCE: TOO HOT AND CROWDED?
August in Provence. It is hot and crowded. The line of cars inching their way along, hoping [...]
FIGS IN PROVENCE: A CAUSE FOR SLEUTHING, CELEBRATION, AND A LINGERIE SHOW
The luscious fig—its sweet flesh accented by crunchy seeds and enveloped by a deep purple skin—will soon [...]
A NICE TIME TO BE IN NICE: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MUSÉE MATISSE!
Nice was where we first touched down in the South of France. We were on our way to Aix-en-Provence and then, [...]
A DOG’S REFLECTIONS ON PROVENCE
I had a village house in Lourmarin, at the foot of the Luberon Mountains. Okay, I took some liberties with [...]
LE QUARTORZE JUILLET: CELEBRATING BASTILLE DAY
Le Quartorze Juillet, also known as La Fête Nationale or, especially in English-speaking countries, simply [...]
TUESDAYS IN PROVENCE : OH THE STRESS OF WHICH MARKET TO VISIT
It’s Tuesday morning in Lourmarin and, as I drink my grand crème at Café Gaby, soaking up the morning sun [...]
SIPPING CHÂTEAU ROUBINE ROSÉ, THINKING OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (AND, OKAY, DAN BROWN)
Château Roubine, from whence the rosé I am drinking comes, is built atop Knights Templar property. In the [...]
SIPPING CHÂTEAU ROUBINE ROSÉ, THINKING OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (AND, OKAY, DAN BROWN)
Château Roubine, from whence the rosé I am drinking comes, is built atop Knights Templar property. In the center of Provence, in the heart of the department of the Var, in the town of Lorgues, lie these vineyards on land once owned by the (in) [...]
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