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Explore · Guided Holiday Tours

How are you Going to Experience Provence? Be our Guest

January 25, 2018

It would be difficult to call Emily Durand an expat at this stage. After living in the South of France for more than two decades, Emily is wholly immersed in the region with her family. Once the kids reached school age, she decided it was her time to launch a professional guiding business. Your Private

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Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

Surviving Provence a New Book on Life in Provence

January 18, 2018

Surviving Provence is a humorous account of the people (and animals) who share author Barbara Farber’s daily life in the South of France. It is a far cry, she explains, from an ode to lavender and sunflowers. She writes: “Although my husband and I were both born in the United States, we have spent the

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Maison Mirabeau Wines · Wines and Spirits of Provence

Cooked Wine Provence’s Vin Cuit is Steeped in Tradition

December 15, 2017

Sometime in early October, after the harvest, winemakers—mostly located in a small area of Provence at the base of Mont Sainte Victoire, between Aix-en-Provence and Trets—begin the annual tradition of making “vin cuit” or “cooked wine.” They each build a big fire of oak wood and fill a huge cauldron with the juice from the

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · French Cooking Classes · Guided Holiday Tours · Taste

Explore these Options for Culinary Holidays in Provence

December 6, 2017

Provence’s natural beauty, rich cultural history and agreeable weather are some of the many reasons that one might choose to visit the region. However, it is the food and wine that will make you want to come back time and again. This article outlines a variety of available options for a culinary holiday in Provence.

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Discover the Tradition of the 13 Desserts of Christmas in Provence

December 1, 2017

A buffet table laden with 13 desserts! How could the French be so smug as to think that North Americans with our turkey-centric Christmas dinners, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and a variety of sides are excessive? Or so I felt when I first heard about this holiday tradition. However, like most customs in the

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Guided Holiday Tours

Why You Should Explore Breathtaking Provence this Fall

December 1, 2017

Provence in Autumn Almost anyone with an artistic eye – photographers, painters, Instagrammers – love Provence for its beautiful light. Famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gaugin Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso all captured the ever-changing luminosity on their canvases. Provence is glorious in any season, however during fall the unique “painter’s light”

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Bed & Breakfasts in Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Rental & Self-Catered Properties in Provence · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence

A Family Christmas in Provence at Le Domaine de Palerme

November 21, 2017

Head to the South of France After years of the same old holiday routines, the Christmas stockings are looking a bit ragged and plum pudding it still not your favourite dessert. Why not change it up this year and spend a week in Provence? Domaine de Palerme is available for a week at Christmas or for

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