| Rhône Valley vineyard | |
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the Rhône Valley vineyard stretches on both sides of the Rhône, from Vienne in the north to Avignon in the south.
Understand
An itinerary, necessarily included: the tourist visit of its sites and its heritage; the discovery of its inhabitants with their culture and their environment. Obviously, in a wine region the discovery of their assets can also be a complementary goal.
- The interest of this inventory is to locate the names of farms sometimes known throughout France, Europe or the world, and which for connoisseurs will be able to create a route with unparalleled simplification.
Regions
The Rhône Valley vineyard is located on the banks of the river as well as on its tributaries.
Cities
Techniques related to the Rhône Valley vineyard
- History - Climatology - Geology - Grape variety - Work in the vineyard - Harvest - Vinification - Classification - Marketing - Conservation
Caution
Access to personal pages of wine producers is limited. The legal drinking age is the age determined by a government to restrict the purchase or consumption of alcohol by children or minors. This age varies between 0 and 25 depending on the country and state, although the purchase of alcohol is completely prohibited in some countries. * Legal age for alcohol consumption
Rhône Valley vineyard
The generic appellation of Côtes-du-Rhône is spread over the departments of Rhône, Loire, Ardèche, Drôme, Vaucluse and Gard.
- Côtes-du-Rhône villages – The appellation concerns 95 municipalities in the geographical area of the departments of Rhône, Ardèche, Drôme, Vaucluse and Gard]]
Local appellations
- 1 Rhône vineyard
- Côte-Rôtie vineyard
- Rhône / Loire / Ardèche vineyards
- Condrieu vineyard
- 2 Loire vineyard
- Château-Grillet vineyard – This appellation has the particularity of having only one vineyard within it.
- Ardèche / Loire vineyards
- Saint-Joseph vineyard
- 3 Ardèche vineyard
- Cornas vineyard
- Saint-Péray vineyard
- 4 Drôme vineyard
- Crozes-Hermitage vineyard
- Hermitage vineyard
- Vinsobres vineyard
- Brézème vineyard – Cru in the Côtes-du-Rhône
- 5 Vaucluse vineyard
- Beaumes-de-Venise vineyard – Not to be confused with the Muscat de Beaumes de Venise appellation, even if the estates often produce both appellations.
- Cairanne vineyard
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC vineyard (In the municipalities of Châteauneuf du Pape, Courthézon, Sorgues, Bédarrides) – The appellation produces red or white wines, as notified in the specifications. Do not look for a rosé in Châteauneuf du Pape: even if the estates produce this color, they cannot classify it as Châteuneuf du Pape. Rosé is therefore often an IGP Principality of Orange.
- Gigondas vineyard
- Rasteau AOC vineyard – Natural sweet wine
- Vacqueyras vineyard
- 6 Gard vineyard
- Lirac vineyard
- Tavel vineyard
- Drôme vineyard
- Puymeras vineyard (Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Suze-la-Rousse)
- Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues vineyard
- Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes vineyard
- Suze-la-Rousse vineyard
- Vaucluse vineyard
- Cotes du Rhone – Left bank of the Rhône, for the Vaucluse part
- Roaix vineyard
- Séguret vineyard
- Gadagne vineyard
- Valréas vineyard
- Visan vineyard
- Vaison-la-Romaine vineyard
- Sablet vineyard
- Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes vineyard
- Gard vineyard
- Chusclan vineyard
- Laudun vineyard
- Saint-Gervais vineyard
- Signargues vineyard
Other appellations of the Rhône valley
- Drôme vineyard
- Clairette de Die AOC vineyard – Sparkling wine
- Crémant de Die vineyard – Effervescent
- Coteaux-de-Die vineyard
- Châtillon-en-Diois vineyard
- Grignan-les-Adhémar vineyard – Vineyards around the towns of Grignan, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, La Garde-Adhémar
- Vaucluse vineyard
- Vineyard of Muscat de Beaumes-de-venise AOC – Natural sweet wine
- Rasteau vineyard – Natural sweet wine
- Plan-de-Dieu vineyard – Vineyards between Ouvèze and Aygues, on a relief essentially, flat, and a land close to that of Chateauneuf Pope, made of rolled pebbles
- Luberon AOC vineyard – Vineyards around the Luberon massif, between the Calavon river, and the Durance in the south of the department
- Ventoux AOC vineyard – vineyards at the foot of Mont Ventoux, to the east of Carpentras, and around the Monts de Vaucluse. A Ventoux house is open to Carpentras, behind the tourist office
- Ardèche / Gard vineyard
- Côtes-du-Vivarais vineyard
- Gard vineyard
Rhône Valley wine routes
For amateurs, tourists or gourmets, the Côtes du Rhône producers union offers 14 Rhône Valley wine routes – each route offered, in addition to the contact details of local producers, also offers tourist attractions, gastronomy, festivities, and activities accessible along the route :
- 1 - Northern vineyards – This route offers the discovery of the northern vineyards of the Rhône Valley, between Vienna and Valence, whose wine production methods are different from those further south, due to the more hilly geography, and the slightly different climate. Indeed, the plots of vines are located on land with particularly steep slopes, in particular at Condrieux Where Tains l'Herminage. Another particularity of the AOCs crossed by this route: their specifications impose the use of single grape variety in the production of wine, unlike the southern Côtes du Rhône cuvée, in a blend of several grape varieties.
- 2 - In Drôme Provençale – This road is one of the two roads in the south of the Drôme department, the other being the "10 - Grignan-les Adhémar". Starting from Taulignan, to the north, it runs along the Montagne de la Lance, until Nyons, also known for its olive oil production. From there the road splits in two, heading north Mont Ventoux, on one side, and along the Aigues, towards the plains of the Rhône, on the other. This region is rich in agricultural and cultural diversity.
- 3 - The Enclave – From the name of theEnclave of the Popes, Vaucluse lands of the Avignon popes, in Drôme Provençale. Each of the 4 municipalities of the Enclave are visited.
- 4 - Vineyards in Ardèche – The circuit allows you to discover the downstream of the Ardèche river, between Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Pont-Saint-Esprit, and Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche. Among the curiosities of this discovery: the caves of Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, offering in addition to a classic cave tour, a tasting tour of wines that have aged in these natural cavities. Little more, they are about twenty kilometers from the site of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.
- 5 - From Orange to Vaison-la-Romaine – The circuit winds between Rhône, Aigues and Ouvèze, through several appellations villages of the Côtes du Rhône. In addition to the wine discovery, this visit allows you to go back in history, to the time of the Roman settlements in Provence, both in Orange, that Vaison-la-Romaine, and also to take advantage of the summer lyric festivals.
- 6 - From Pont-Saint-Esprit to Saint-Victor-la-Coste – The circuit takes you between Ardèche, Cèze and Rhône, to discover the vineyards of the north-east of Gard.
- 7 - Around the Dentelles de Montmirail – Its vineyards on the edges and in the Laces of Montmirail, allow a discovery pose, between two sporting activities of climbing, hiking or paragliding.
- 8 - Around Avignon – Allow you to discover the vineyards closest to the Avignon papacy. In addition to tastings, visits can be interspersed with cultural or historical discoveries.
- 9 - From Roquemaure to Remoulins
- 10 - Grignan-les Adhémar – Formerly Côteaux-du-Tricastin, this circuit allows the discovery of both the vine and the truffle, accompanied by literature from the Countess of Sévigné.
- 11 - Ventoux – the Mont Ventoux is known for cycling. It also overlooks a very diverse agricultural region, with a wide variety of fruit production. This circuit allows you to discover the region from the feet of Ventoux to the banks of the Calavon river, up to Apt.
- 12 - Luberon – The most south-eastern of the Côtes du Rhône routes, it surrounds the Luberon Massif and the Luberon Regional Natural Park. This circuit allows you to discover the vineyard and nature, between Calavon and Durance.
- 13 - Costières de Nîmes – The circuit winds along the right bank of the Rhône, between the south of Nimes, and north of the Camargue. This is the southernmost route of the Côtes du Rhône routes in the Gard.
- 14 - Duchy of Uzès – The road allows you to discover the foothills cevennes, around'Uzès, in the north of Nimes.
The Syndicate of Winegrowers of the Clairette de Die also offer several wine tourism tours in the appellation. The Paths of the Clairette – 8 routes are offered, for the discovery of the land, most of them hiking
Rhône Valley vineyard producers
This page is not an advertising site and the list of professionals is not exhaustive but allows to have a range with their personal site and certain positions.
| Rhône Valley vineyard producers | ||
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| * To see in each vineyard | ||
| Ventoux AOC | * Producers directory – directory of producers of the appellation, which can be consulted in alphabetical order of domain names, or by production towns. | Vaucluse: more than 150 addresses |
| Clairette de Die | * Producers directory – directory of the producers of the appellation, which can be consulted by list of domain names, or by interactive map. | Drôme: 22 producers proposed |
| Grignan-les-Adhémar | * List of producers – list of producers of the appellation | Drôme: 45 producers proposed |
| Costières-de-Nîmes | * List of producers – list of producers of the appellation | Gard: around fifty producers on offer |
| Luberon AOC | * List of producers – list of producers of the appellation | Vaucluse: around sixty producers on offer |
| Cotes du Rhone | * List of producers in the Gard – list of producers in the Gard | Gard: 289 producers proposed |
| Châteauneuf du Pape AOC | * List of producers – list of Châteauneuvois producers | |
| Tavel AOC | * List of producers – list of Tavel producers | around thirty producers |
Eat
- Rhône-Alpes gastronomy, for the north of the vineyard;
- Gastronomy of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, for the departments of Gard and Vaucluse.
Housing
See in the municipalities concerned.
Health
- Wines, beers and spirits are always to be drunk in moderation.
- Lust gives courage as well as foolishness.
- The abuse or excess of alcoholic beverages is no longer called parties, but drinking bouts.
Security
- Being self-responsible means using a breathalyzer or breathalyzer after drinking some wine, beer or alcohol, before hitting the road (Cycle or car)
- The price of safety and life costs only 1 € ~ .
- To always continue to smile, whether you are: motorist, motorcyclist, cyclist or pedestrian.
Quotes
- "The French are so proud of their wines that they have given some of their towns the name of a grand cru." (Oscar Wilde)
- "A little wine, taken in moderation, is a remedy for the soul and for the body". (François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire)
