WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 3 2016

LE GOGUETTE
two hours, so we had just enough time
to visit our final winery of the day, Domaines
Bunan. Unlike our previous
stops this winery operation was designed
to host a lot of visitors – it would
have been at home in the best of California
wine countries.
After Michael took us on a tour of the
large modern wine making facility and
a quick taste of rose wine out of a giant
two-story stainless steel tanks, we
made our way through the well tended
beautiful gardens to the tasting room
where we met our hosts Françoise and
Claire Bunan.
Unlike, the two previous wineries, Bunan
is a baby, and a beautiful one at that,
founded in 1961 by Paul and Pierre Bunan,
who had emigrated from Algeria.
They fell in love with the land in Bandol
region, and managed to scrape together
enough to buy it.
Paul’s daughter Françoise is in charge
of the communications and public relations
and Pierre’s daughter Claire, is a
budding wine marketer and has and has
developed sophisticated social marketing
strategies including a multimedia
tour app for touring the winery.
Claire and Françoise represent the new
Some of our amazing lunch dishes at La
Goguette, a tiny but charming restaurant that
seats 16, owned and opperated by Chef Maxime
D’Orio and his wife Stephanie who almost
single handedly runs the front of the house.
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