The French Riviera not only appreciates wine, it produces it! Travel the wine route from the Gulf of Saint-Tropez to the hinterland of Nice.
Saint-Tropez
Rosé de Provence, the one we appreciate so much for its delicate color and intense fruitiness, was born in the 1980s in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, when a winemaker had the idea of vinifying his Pétale de Rose cuvée cold, to acquire aromas without taking on color. A great success! The method has since been taken up by the entire Provençal vineyard. And if Barbeyrolles remains a classic, other areas of the peninsula, all classified as AOP Côtes de Provence, shine with the quality of their production-La Croix, Torpez, Bertaud- Belieu, Saint-Maur, etc.
Fréjus
Winemakers in Fréjus and its neighboring villages are no match for their neighbors in Saint-Tropez, quite the contrary. They benefit from a particularly favorable soil, with more frequent rains and winds than in the rest of the region, varied soils, and the influence of the sea that results in less cold winters and cooler summers. Fréjus is a place of excellence on the Côte d’Azur wine route with its wine estates, its organization of winery visits, and its wine tastings. In addition, the Administration has granted the right to make their difference by exhibiting more than one appellation. An appellation of territory: Côtes de Provence Fréjus. A sign of quality!
Villars-sur-Var, Ile Saint-Honorat and Mandelieu-la-Napoul
In Villars-sur-Var, Clos Saint-Joseph is the only winery in the department to benefit from the famous appellation.
It is worth taking a detour for the wines of the monks of Lérins, on the island of Saint-Honorat: we also find their products on the tables of many of the region’s starred chefs.
A few kilometers away, at the foot of the Estérel, Domaine de Barbossi is booming.
Nice
In Saint-Jeannet Georges Rasse, in his Hautes Collines estate, signs, among other delicacies, a wine that belongs only to him: tuilé, aged for nine months in large glass demijohns, the Marie-Jeanne, in the sunshine of the Côte d’Azur!
On the hill of Saint-Roman de Bellet, nine producers give birth to one of the oldest appellations in France, created in 1941: AOC Bellet. Planted on the terrace, this vineyard, direct heir to the Romans, covers just sixty hectares.
The package can be customized according to your needs and include:
- the overnight stay in the hotel with breakfast
- The driver for all transfers included in the program
- Admission to the attractions included in the program
- tour guides