10 Things to do in Gigondas That You Shouldn't Miss

PRIVATE WINE TOUR OFFERS FULL DAY and HALF DAY TOURIn a large confortable van, I guide you throught the most prestigious vineyards of Southern Rhone.Usualy I start at 9am by a stop on round peppels CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE vineyards for "Terroirs" explanations as influence of the soils, grappes, climate and humans & mecanicals works. Next I offer a free walk around the old 14th century pope's castle at the heart of the village.Winery visit start at 10.30am and I provide all details from the harvest room reception to the wine making, oak maturing and bottling cellars. 11.30 is the best time for enjoying white and red full bodied Chateauneuf du Pape's wines.Depending your expectations, I can suggest a lunch in a partner restaurant, from local snaking to gastronomic places.Afternoon follow in GIGONDAS ( from the latin jucunditas meaning "joice & jubilation"). There I open for you the doors of my best wine makers friends for unforgetable and sensitives moments around their wines and their sharing conviviality.On the way back I often stop in a last estate located in BEAUMES DE VENISE who gets two productions : vine roots graft, and a large selection of wines as VACQUEYRAS, BEAUMES DE VENISE, MUSCAT, GIGONDAS.Full day and half day tour forms are exactly the same, just the the visits durations will be changed. Anyway, all my tours are private, so we can customize them to the closer to your expectations.Details from 2 to 8 persons :Half Day Tour departure is at 8.30 am or 1.30 pm - Duration 5 hours - Charges door to doors, all fees included are 65€ per persons - Departure from your hotel or accomodation in a limit of 30km around Avignon.Full Day Tour departure is at 8.30 am - Duration 9 hours - Charges door to doors, all fees included except lunch are 120€ per persons - Departure from your hotel or accomodation in a limit of 30km around Avignon.Details from 9 to 50 persons on request DECOUVERTES VIGNERONNES gets partnership with excursion company and propose private wine tours, all year long in the most famous vineyards of southern Rhone Valley as CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE, GIGONDAS, BEAUMES DE VENISE or VACQUEYRAS.History and economy of those places, winerys visits, educationnal wine tasting wil be provided by Julien, professionnal and local guide, graduated in vine-growing & oenology.

Located at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail, our warm and family shop is a space for tasting and discovering our most beautiful appellations: Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Muscat de Beaumes de Venise. We welcome you every day to advise and guide you through our wines, their terroir and their different typicities. In addition, throughout the year, we offer animations and tastings in order to share our passion with you. Between sharing and teaching, we are waiting for you to discover the secrets of our most beautiful vintages! Virginie and Frédéric HAUT"

Our family history is intimately linked to the village of Gigondas; For three generations, we have put all our know-how to work for this exceptional terroir by revealing and highlighting this prestigious appellation as wall as other Crus of the Rhône Valley. We will be pleased to welcome you at our cellar door and to present you our wine during a tasting.

OUR RETAIL WINE SHOP IS OPEN ALL YEAR. Free tasting of our Gigondas, Vacqueyras, and many other excellent Rhone Valley wines.The Estate can welcome groups up to 80 people in rooms that all have a breathtaking view on our vineyards, the village of Gigondas and the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains. Cars, coaches and bicycles can easily park. Tastings organized by certified sommelier, English, French, German, Dutch spoken.

Our traditional family estate counts 10 hectares and produces exclusively Gigondas wines. The vineyard, situated on the slopes of the Dentelles de Montmirail and is composed by 80% grenache, 15% syrah, and 5% mourvedre and cinsault. After 3 years of conversion to organic growing, we now obtained the certification (ecocert). Since many years, the vineyard is conducted without using pesticides, in the greatest respect of the environment and in order to protect our precious soil. The average age of the vines is more than 30 years, resulting in a limited yield and elegant and full wines. The handpicked harvest is transformed into wine, in a passionate way by Jean-Baptiste Meunier, descendent of the fifth generation of Gigondas winegrowers.