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David & Karen Taylor · Taste · Wines and Spirits of ProvenceContributor blog post by David Taylor
A significant number of the grapes grown locally are taken to Sylla, the local wine co operative in Apt, producing vin de pays de Vaucluse and vin de pays d’Apt wines. Formally these were known as either a cote de Ventoux or Luberon depending on which side of the Calavon river the grapes came from…Read more 
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