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the wind trail

Wine has been grown in the Narbonne country since Antiquity. There is a wide range of classified wines in the area where sun and wind work hand in hand to strengthen the vines. Thanks to the enormous progress in quality over the past thirty years, they can now compete with the best. Attention all wine lovers, there are many discoveries to be made!

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AOC Minervois

96 % of the production in this area is red. It covers 5,100 hectares, from la Montagne Noire to the north, to the hinterland of Narbonne and beyond, towards Béziers and Carcassonne. The Canal du Midi flows through it, a waterway which for centuries carried the wine away to other regions on pinardiers (tank barges). It is here that the winegrowers revolt started in 1907, caused by over-production and a fall in prices.

things to do
  • Taste the Minervois wines with the help of the following documents:

Carte Touristique du Minervois, published by Le Cru Minervois, free in all the tourist offices of the area: suggested itineraries and cellars to be discovered.

Guide des Vins du Minervois, published every year by the Semaine du Minervois, it is free in all the tourist offices of the area: presentation of each estate and a selection of their wines, dishes to accompany to wines, and a short description of the neighbouring villages.
Balades de Caveaux en Caveaux dans le Sud-Minervois: free at the tourist point in Le Somail.
Tél.: (0033) (0)4 68 41 55 70.

  • EParticipate in the Paroles de vigneron outing in Pouzols-Minervois: the programme includes a guided walk through the vines, tasting, discovery of the vinery and how it works, a meal with one of the winegrowers (grilled meats and local produce), a visit to the cellars of Pouzols-Minervois and the Jardin de Bacchus, a real open-air preservation area containing 87 grape varieties from the Mediterranean Basin. Every Wednesday in July an August. Visits in English and Dutch, as well.

Pouzols-Minervois cellar Tel. 04 68 46 13 76. ou tourist point in Le Somail . Tel. 04 68 41 55 70.
www.pouzols-minervois.com/la-cave/accueil_cave.htm

things to see
  • Amphoralis – the Gallo-Roman potters’ museum in Sallèles-d’Aude: from the 1st to the 3rd century ancient Roman kilns produced millions of amphorae – the famous gauloise 4 – exported all over Europe. Built over the excavations, the museum explains the manufacturing techniques of the time. Tél.: (0033) (0)4 68 46 89 48.
  • Argeliers, the native village of the cafe owner and winegrower, Marcelin Albert, where a commemorative memorial pays him homage. The old façade of the café where Marcelin and his friends used to meet can still be seen.
  • Les Vendanges du Cœur in Ouveillan, end of July and beginning of August: a charity auction of some of the Ouveillan co-operative’s wines in aid of the Restos du Cœur. Concert given by a well-known singer in the evening (J.-J. Goldman, P. Obispo, P. Kaas). www.ouveillan.com


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