On Jan 6, 11:55�am, Mike Tommasi > wrote:
> Bi!! wrote:
> > We're starting to plan our annual France trip and I'm looking for
> > advice. �We will be staying with some dear friends from Norway in late
> > June at their vacation home in Valbonne which is just outside of
> > Nice. �I would like to go early and visit a wine site or two so I
> > debating going over into Italy (Piedmonte) or perhaps the Langudoc
> > area. �Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed.
>
> Hi
>
> I am in Valbonne once a week for work... and I should be around in June,
> would be great to see you (email me for phone numbers). Nils is probably
> in Nice at that time too.
>
> Avoid wineries in the minuscule Bellet area close to Nice, some are
> decent enough �but prices are geared to the russian mafiosi that like
> staying in the Nice area (a favourite of theirs, giant prawns and red
> Chateauneuf). The closest real vineyards are an hour's drive east or west..
>
> Barolo and Ch�teauneuf du Pape are both about a 2.5h drive.
> Good Languedoc wineries about an extra hour.
> Depending on whether you want reds or whites, shorter drives will bring
> you to Bandol (exactly 1h 20m at legal speed, this is where I live) or
> to Liguria (1-2h depending on where...).
>
> cheers
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
> email linkhttp://www.tommasi.org/mymail

Thanks for the info Mike. We will be there in late June... I'll be in
touch as plans firm up. I'm sure we'll visit the Bandol area....and I
always drive just like the French and never exceed the posted
limits. ;-)