Our House in Provence Restaurant Recommendations in Provence Taste: Food & Drink

Visit Cairanne for lunch at Le Tourne au Verre Restaurant

Michel and Shirley — March 31, 2017

196 0 0

Cairanne views and wine tasting @OurhouseinProvence

Contributor blog post by Michel:

As I have told you previously, we were in Sablet last fall with our Michigan friends Steve and Mary. The wines of Cairanne have recently been elevated to cru status—placing them in the same category as those of Gigondas and Châteauneuf-du-Pape (though they cost far less).

Our friends had not tasted in Cairanne so we headed there one morning to explore the village and taste the wines.

…Continue reading here for another one of Michel’s tempting and tasty articles. The old village has been restored – it used to be home to the Knights Hospitalers in the 12th century. They ate lunch and sampled some of the local wine at

Le Tourne au Verre
5 Route de Carpentras
84290 Cairanne
Tel: 04 90 30 72 18

Via:: Our House in Provence

Please share this with friends and family.

Tags:Cairanne,Restaurants,Rhone Wines

Michel and Shirley

Michel and Shirley, live in wine country, in Windsor, California. They have a full family with two beautiful daughters and five amazing grandchildren. Michel's day job is as CEO of Chancellor Health Care, a company which provides housing and services to older adults.

Previously a co-owner of a popular French bistro called Bistro des Copains located in Western Sonoma County California. The Bistro was closed in early 2015, after nine years!

In 2008, after searching for years and visiting many houses they bought a 17th century stone village house in the medieval village of Sablet which is in the Vaucluse region of Provence France.

Please read about the Sablet House (available for rent) and follow their blog Our House in Provence.