Travelling around Cairanne

Friday September 14, 2007

According to Margaret, the French don’t like to work. They do work. They just don’t like it. That would give credence to the saying: the French work to live – in the Americas we live to work. From that, we also know that we eat to live and the French live to eat. This is why we love France – we identify with them.
We went down to Peter & Margaret’s in the morning and set out for a Peter-guided wine tour. We only visited 2 producers, both high on Peter’s list and tasted a variety of Vacqueras & Gigondas vintages. We can’t buy any more, because the car is already full, but it was tempting.
Then we went back to Chateau Montmirail for lunch. By now the temp had hit 31 degrees. The picture preceeding the blog is there. I should also point out that the panorama is the Rhone valley from Peter & Margaret’s balcony. The other picture is Cairanne from the other side showing Peter & Margaret’s house and studio. Lunch on the terrace at Montmirail was fabulous, by the way.
We finished the day with a trip into Orange for table clothes, over to Vaison Romaine for a few gifts and finally to St. Cecile les Vignes for pizza for dinner. We went back to the B&B and had a quick dip in the pool, followed by drinks and pizza. Vive la France! La vie est belle!