La petite école, Gargas, France

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This is an old schoolhouse turned into a gourmet restaurant.   

The cook makes wonderful homemade dishes with all local, fresh, high quality ingredients.   We started off with the Aperitif Maison-Frais et petillant 

Crémant de Bourgogne with crème de Framboise

 The food was simple yet full of flavor with a delicate touch you can only find from an experienced chef.   

The pumpkin soup was velvety smooth and as fresh as can be.   

The cheeses were all artisan and delicious. 
L'assiette de Fromages, Brie de Meaux Fourme d'Ambert, fromage de chèvre from Apt 

 Save room for the homemade ice cream because it is a must!

L'escale, Palavas-les-Flots, France

aperitif-champagne

nice little 1/2 bottle of a Languedoc white

these were almost the best oysters of the trip

always nice to wash your fingers after shellfish

Very innovative take on a classic French dish-Pot au fel with seafood in meat broth!

delicious fresh seasonal scallops

grilled fruit

Chateau Rauzan-Ségla

 

my very first barrel tasting!

one of the many types of barrels

another barrel

and another

and yet another!

winery wheels

Le Saint-Julien

Cantina Gravner

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the restored tower

this is Italy and Slovenia is in the background

Interior

press

Breg extraction

wine theater

Graziano & Josko Gravner

an historic barrel

Breg, straight from the anfora

empty anfore, underground

Roberto

all of us

Breg Anfora

Ribolla Anfora

the boys

Sauvignon Anfora

simple, delicious, homemade, vegetarian dinner

winery mascot

The Gravner's treated us like we were at home

the wines we tasted

Ribolla

Breg 2006, unique, in a style of it's own