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Mourvèdre rules Bandol vineyards during summer in Provence (#Winophiles)

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Forget Cabernet Sauvignon. Forget Merlot. If you’re looking for a deep and intense red wine, Mourvèdre is the choice for you. Mourvèdre loves, loves, loves the heat and arid, well-drained, sandy marl and limestone soils of Bandol, in the southern part of Provence, France. Bordered by the Rhône River to the west and Côte d’Azur […]

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Join the French #Winophiles for virtual summer in Provence

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Summer in Provence sounds like an idyllic dream to me. No wonder movies and books have been written about this area of southern France. Lavender fields, quaint hill-top villages, sunflowers, olive trees. Oh, and vineyards – the raison d’etre for some of us to dream of visiting Provence in the first place.  The French Winophiles

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