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Southern France, the whites

Tamlyn Currin
Tamlyn Currin
Monday 17 May 2021
Cabardes CIVL Céline et Gilles Deschamps

Southern France whites prove the case for traditional rather than international grape varieties. The first in a series of four articles devoted to this great source of value. See also Southern France, pink, sparkling and sweet and reds from producers A to F and G to Z.

We have a bad habit of lumping Roussillon in with the Languedoc, tagging it on the end as if it were a punctuation mark rather than a region, all the while putting Provence on a separate and rather elevated pedestal as if lavender, Cannes and Cézanne are underwriters for good wine. This...