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Maison Mirabeau Wines · Provencal Recipes · Seasonal Menus · Taste

Valentine’s Day Menu: Provencal-inspired Recipes for your Sweetheart

February 8, 2018

The team at Mirabeau Wine in Cotignac certainly know a thing or two about gold medal wine and how to pair it with good food. Before the Christmas holidays and not long after the 2017 grape harvest, we asked Jeany Cronk if she would curate a special Valentine’s Day menu to celebrate the flavours of

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The Unexpected Benefits of Living in Rural South of France

November 23, 2017

Contributor blog post by Susana Iwase Hanson @Mirabeau Wine We all have a good idea about the expected benefits of living in this Mediterranean region: the clean air, water, the relaxing slow-paced life with good wine and olive oil, the fantastic weather (so much sunshine!), and the outdoor markets full of organically grown produce…the list is

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Guest Post · Local Food Producers · Taste

Wild about Saffron in Provence

November 14, 2017

The number of local farmers producing saffron in Provence is increasing – it used to be widely grown in the south of France, but phylloxera wiped it out early in the last century – so it is good to see that it is being produced once more. Harvesting is an incredibly fiddly job for the safranieres,

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Provençal Flowers in Grasse for Dior Perfume

September 22, 2017

We joined a fabulous day out organized by the Cotignac Museum entitled, ‘Le Parfum de la Terre à la Bouteille’ – perfume from the earth to the bottle. About forty of us caught an 8am bus to Grasse and arrived a couple of hours later at the family-run flower estate, Le Domaine de Manon. Our

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Main Course · Maison Mirabeau Wines · Poultry · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Recipe for Saffron Chicken with Potato and Courgette Bake

September 8, 2017

This savoury recipe for Saffron Chicken comes from the Mirabeau Wine kitchen in the Var. The chicken is matched with an easy side dish of potato and courgette (zucchini).

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Markets in Provence and Cote d'Azur · Taste

Markets of Provence and the Cote d’Azur a Reference Guide

August 22, 2017

Welcome to our resource guide for the Markets of Provence and the Côte d’Azur. This article is a reference directory to some of the better-known markets, producers’ markets and a few more. It would be impossible to list every market in the region, and at the end of the day, the best market is the

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Seasonal Menus · Taste

Tastes of Provence a Summer Dinner Party Menu

August 14, 2017

It sounds so cliché to talk about the abundant produce and fabulous markets in Provence, but the region is an absolute gift to culinary types—a present where no wrapping is required, just a shopping basket and some inspiration. The seasons in Provence are marked by two things: the variety of produce available at market stalls

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