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Cost: $2600.00 per person double occupancy, $2800.00 single
Provence and the Rhone
Join Chef and WSET certified Cynthia Bloebaum for a week of food, wine and culture in Provence, France. Chef Cynthia provides a casual, fun and epicurean trip for a small group.
Saturday 6/1/19 to Saturday 6/8/19
We will be staying at a vacation home near Orange, a city of 30,000. It is 90 minutes from Marseilles, 2 hours from Lyon. There is a train station in Orange, with a TGV from Paris and Lyon. Chef Cynthia will pick you up from the Marseilles airport or the Orange train station.
The fees include lodging, all ground transportation including pick up and return from airport or local train station; local guides; all breakfasts, lunches and dinners at the vacation home.
All dinners at restaurants are self paid.
Chef Cynthia suggests that you get trip insurance.
Saturday June 1 Our day's activities depend on everyone’s arrival times. There are wineries or museums to visit nearby. If everyone gets in by the afternoon, Chef Cynthia will schedule an activity. We can get acclimated to the area and have a relaxed meal at the house, getting to know each other.
Sunday June 2
Sorgues
Get up early, go to the food/flea/antique market in Sorgues. We can shop for a few days meals, look at collectibles, have lunch in a casual restaurant. There is a local historic soap factory nearby that would be interesting to visit. We’ll return home for a lazy afternoon that can entail napping, relaxing, drinking local wine, swimming, making dinner with Chef Cynthia
Monday June 3
Tavel and Lirac
We will visit the home of rosé wines. Our morning wineries will be Domaine de la Morderee
Lunch at a cheese store/cafe in nearby Rochefort du Gard
Afternoon visit to Chateau d’Aqueria and to Chateau de Trinquevedel
Dinner will be at a casual local restaurant.
Tuesday June 4
Avignon and Chateauneuf -du-Pape
Morning Food tour of Avignon. If a visit to Palais du Papes is desired this can be arranged. We will go to Chateauneuf du Pape for an afternoon wine tasting then an evening food and wine pairing.
Wednesday June 5
Cornas and the northern Rhone
Private tastings at wineries to be determined (there are so many ones I love)
Our afternoon will be spent either at a winery, or exploring the museums of Valence.
We can go to Anne- Sophie Pic’s store, her bistro or have dinner at her Michelin Starred restaurant in Valence
Thursday June 6
Les Baux de Provence and the Carrieres de Lumieres, a light filled museum
Olive Oil Tasting and Tour at the Castelas Olive Mill. We’ll have a casual meal nearby.
We will have an afternoon wine tasting at Mas de la Dame, followed by a final stop at Domaine Mas Gourgonnier. We can decide our dinner plans when we get back to Orange.
Friday June 7
Gigondas and Vacqueyras
morning visit to Domaine Paillere, stop at Chocolaterie Lencieux lunch at L’Oustalet, known as one of the best restaurants in Provence. Our final wine tasting will be in Vacqueyras, another famous wine village.
We will finish by eating and drinking anything we still have at the vacation home
Saturday June 8
Chef Cynthia will get everyone to their departure site, either driving or by train.The fee is $2600 per person double occupancy, $2800.00 per single
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