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Chateauneuf du Paped




At the Brotte museum you can try Gigondas, Tavel and Muscat de Beaumes de Venise which of course are not wines produced within CndP. So if you do tour CndP, which you definitely should, here is the best place to get a more rounded view of the Southern Rhone.
Avignon itself is a very attractive town, very expensive on the main avenue but with zero litter and filled with wine and souvenir shops. Never in my life have I been approached more often for money and cigarettes though. Avignon has a serious hobo problem that the town council really should be striving to clean up. Avignon is a tourist town and the sheer amount of drunks and people sleeping rough on the street casts a shadow over one of the gems in the French tourist crown.
My advise if to stay outside of the walls and try not to walk around alone after dark! Try to stay off the Rue de la Republique for your restaurants. Not only are these hiked up tourist prices but they’re not the cleanest either with a cockroach joining myself and my dining partner on Saturday night.
Avignon, beautiful but grubby.
It’s a recent problem for Avignon. I last visited the city 4 years ago and found nothing like this. Sounds like you had fun tasting.
Super Photos. Always wanted to make a pilgramage to Avignon and love the Rhone wines. No reviews?
Which is your favourite wine from the Southern Rhone?>>Chateauneuf du Pape is great but not my personal favourite red.>>Discuss
No doubt, Chateauneuf is beautiful. I agree with you that museum Brotte is excellent, the sommelier I met in early September 2008 was very kind and he opened bottle for tasting even I was ready to buy it.