The wine district of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

After a hot day in Avignon we decided to cool ourselves down with some wine drinking in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape (The popes new castle, has probably something to do with the popes staying in Avignon centuries ago?) wine region just around 40 minutes north of Avignon. The wine district is considered as one of the best in France and is famous mostly for its red wines they do have white wine as well but its very limited.

Since it was Sunday we were initially a bit worried that a lot of the vineyards were closed for visitors and indeed the seemed deserted while we arrived. However after some driving laround we found the perfect spot on a hill, a château with pool, the Fines Roches wine cellar and finally they were serving a 4 course dinner just in front of the château (with an amazing view over the Southern Rhone valley).

Most often in France at least of what I have experienced so far you receive a treatment not very service minded, however this time it was different the castle owner visited all tables during the dinner making sure everyone enjoyed their stay and that the food was good. The food was of course excellent.