I’ve lived in the Languedoc for nearly 15 years running my wine tour business and over that time I must have run hundreds of tours around the region so when I was invited to cruise the Canal du Midi for
Languedoc Guardians is our way of giving back by recognising, supporting, and promoting the amazing men and women who make their living from the Languedoc land - the place we call home. Giving something back to the region who welcomed me
Carcassonne is surrounded by hundreds of pretty villages set amongst the vineyards in the valleys and hillsides. This is a place to rest a while and get away from it all to enjoy the peace and quiet and feel what
One of the things I have always loved to do when on holiday is catch a local concert if possible. I love to mingle with locals and visitors and grab some of the magical atmosphere these events produce. Now I’m a
As you can imagine of a tourist town, Carcassonne has a lot of restaurants to offer you but how does a first-time visitor decide which to choose? Local knowledge is a wonderful thing and as I have lived in this
Carcassonne, most people visit for a only a day but stay longer and uncover it's secrets and to help you here are our suggestions of great places to stay. I remember the first time I saw Carcassonne. It was back in
A few weeks ago I alerted friends of Vin en Vacances on Facebook to the terrible frost suffered in Languedoc. I said then that for many Languedoc winemakers the 2021 harvest is over before its begun. The sub-zero temperatures France
Not that long ago I knew very little about wine. Fate brought me to the subject and opened up a new life for me, one I never imagined living and one that introduced me to people that I could never have met in my old life. And it brought me back to the Languedoc-Roussillon, this magical and very special place where I now live surrounded by vines and earning my living from and with them. Plus I wrote a much needed book about the region called The Wines of the Languedoc-Roussillon.
New to our range of offerings this year is our Wine Cellar Dinner Party and as with all new products there has to be a premier and this week we welcomed 14 wonderful people for the first time into the wine cellar at Domaine de la Senche in La Livinière.