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PROVENCE<br />
SPOTS<br />
tality”, adds Paquette. “Each visitor can spend time tasting our wines by sitting beneath the plane<br />
trees, just as they would in a village square. We like to welcome them with a small bunch of everlasting<br />
flowers, especially when they have travelled long distances by plane and cannot take any bottles<br />
back with them. At least they can keep a souvenir and a lasting memento of our winery”.<br />
CHÂTEAU PARADIS: AN AUTHENTIC WELCOME<br />
Visitors to Château Paradis are immediately grasped by the significance of history here. The first<br />
vine plantings on its land date back to 600 BC when the Phocaeans settled in Marseilles. Subsequently,<br />
the Romans built Villa Regina and a farm with a grape press. The chateau’s land has been<br />
sold to a number of owners over time but it has always retained its strong bond with the culture of<br />
wine. Since they bought it in 2011, Xavier and Odile Thieblin, who value their Provence origins, have<br />
aimed to enhance the winery and create terroir-driven wines with genuine character. A signposted<br />
vineyard trail with picturesque views out over the Luberon and curated tastings all add to the winery’s<br />
appeal. “Our richly aromatic, fresh, elegant wines offer a mirror to our terroir and our expertise”,<br />
comments Odile Thieblin. Christine Pautut, head of wine tourism, expounds further: “Our wines are<br />
promoted through our unspoilt natural surroundings and cellar door facilities with floor to ceiling<br />
CHÂTEAU PARADIS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SAINTE VICTOIRE MOUNTAIN<br />
WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND<br />
SUMMER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE<br />
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