Festival · Rhône Valley
Ban des Vendanges Avignon
Medieval Côtes du Rhône harvest festival erupts last weekend of August — wine brotherhoods parade, free gourmet markets, and Provençal wine mass by candlelight.
What to do there
Wineries nearby
- Winery · Avignon Avignon - Palace of the Popes Pope John XXII improved local viticultural practices 1316-1334.
- Winery · Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pope's vineyard: Châteauneuf-du-Pape's 14th-century papal castle ruins cap a limestone plateau where 13 grape varieties dance in power wines.
- Winery · Courthézon Château de Beaucastel Organic pioneer since 1950, biodynamic since 1974—decades before the term existed.