Can anyone recommend any Wineries close to Arles?

Question

We are taking our Honeymoon in Provence and staying just outside Arles. We are renting a car to see the area, can anyone recommend great wineries in that region that we should not miss?

Answer 1

Go up to Avignon - Then Gigondas Village - in which there's an interprofessional shop which proposes South Rhones, mainly Gigondas, in all the available productions - there's no

particular benefit so that the prices are the ones you would pay directly from producers, in their farm - When you're embarassed in your choice, do like me, call your hotel and ask the sommelier directly from the shop : " Hi - these are the producers I can see x y and z - which one should I buy ?" My method

Otherwise in Avignon ask in the tourist office for the locations of direct Chateauneuf-du-Pape in domains - Personal tip : buy CDP white : few people know it -

Coteaux du Ventoux and Coteaux du Lubéron and Coteaux d'Aix can be little gems and cheaper - can find them in same conditions - for Lubéron it would be Apt ( city ) Ventoux - Vaison la Romaine ( city ) and Aix - well Aix ( or Palette on the N6 road to Nice )  

Question for vain copy-pasters : which one is origin controlled

Chateau Simone or Chateau Lacoste ??? - and does it belong to , Lubéron, Aix or Ventoux wines ?

Languedoc- Roussillon is not close to Arles - produce also horrible wines - Mondain sloan rangers' blabla - learn the price of silence

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Answer 2

The whole of Provence and Languedoc - Rousillon has some fantastic wineries...

the following website will give you the names of wineries near Arles (the list is in a cream colur background on the left of the page. Sorry, the site is in french only)

http://www.ville-arles.fr/portail/index....

I would recommend you drive north towards Avignon (try visiting Chateauneuf du Pape) and a bit further northeast,  near Orange the Gigondas winery . Their wines are superb.

Here is a site with the names of most of the best wineries in the Rhône valley area.

http://www.invinoveritas.fr/pages/lesvin...

You can also ask at your hotel, they will probably be able to inform you which wineries have visiting days/hours.

Congratulations on your wedding... I wish you  a wonderful honeymoon in France! :-)