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Day 1 included a late arrival to our destination due to travel delays. We missed what was reported to be a great lunch at the winery. But our dinner that night at Rive Gauche in Tain l'Hermitage certainly made up for it. Day 2 had us traveling south to Chateauneuf du Pape and Avignon.
Morning view of AOC St. Joseph hill from our hotel in Tournon:
Looking to the right - the Hermitage hill:
On to Chateauneuf du Pape in the southern Rhone. Our guide, Chapoutier business mgr. Catherine, shows us some of the very gravelly vinyards at Ch. Beaucastel:
Is this some serious gravel?
Harvest underway at Chapoutier's La Bernardine vinyard. Note the lack of trellising:
Headed toward the old hilltop Chateau:
Ruins of the old Chateau, reportedly destroyed in WW2:
The view from the top:
Avignon - the ancient walled papal city. It was a bit more touristy than we like. My camera lens protector was not opening completely on some of these pictures, thus the unfortunate shadows.
The palace in Avignon:
Another building facade across from the palace:
