Food and Wine
- No trip to Provence is complete without tasting some of the fantastic wines from the region, especially the Cotes du Rhone vintages. A Season Away can organize private tastings at some of the finest wineries in the region, especially in the wine villages of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Beaumes-de-Venise and Gigondas. In many cases, clients will be able to taste wines with the owner of the cellars, not someone from their marketing or sales staff. Clients will revel in the different owners’ passion for winemaking.
- Tour a goat cheese farm to learn how this popular cheese is made from milking to the final product. This is a great tour for children.
- Visit one of the top truffle dealers in the world to understand more about truffles. This dealer supplies many of the top Michelin-rated restaurants with the black truffle varieties.
- Actually go truffle hunting with a French truffle hunter and his dog to scour for truffles in the woods near Mount Ventoux in the Vaucluse region, then have a truffles-themed cooking lesson!
- With the world embracing organic and “slow” foods, head to Sarrians for a working farm visit at Domain de l’Oiselet and sample their farm-fresh products. This is a great excursion for children.
- Provence is known for its olive oil so trek to northern Vaucluse for a private “tasting” of oils from the region, the most famous of which hails from Nyons.
- Chocolate: visit one of the top ateliers in Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
