Wine: On xenophobia

One of the few hardships about living in Provence is the lack of ‘foreign’ wines available to taste.  And I’m not talking Italian, Spanish, or Australian. The Provencal famously think of a ‘foreigner’ as somebo...

Wine Tasting in Provence: Chateau Simone

There's this thing about wine/, tasting it, drinking a glass is meant to be a shared experience. Visiting a vineyard can be an intimate occasion when you get to crumble the soil between your fingers and hear th...