Domaine de Valdition

Everything about this winery charmed me. The approach to the tasting room is a long, tree lined road, past fields of olive groves, vineyards, and lavender fields. The smell of the air as you step out of your vehicle reflects all these natural products and is delightful after spending time in the city. The surrounding area is beautiful, and it was close enough to Eygalières to make this a perfect stop before or after lunch.
The tasting room is a bit small compared to most of the other wineries I’ve visited, but it is tastefully furnished. They have a large selection of gourmet food items available, as well as their wine and olive products. The staff here were the best I’ve encountered at French wineries — welcoming, knowledgeable, unpretentious. In addition to a wine tasting, we were offered an olive oil tasting. The oils here are divine! Perhaps to locals, this is nothing special, but the olive oil is better than any I’ve tasted in the US, even compared to French imports. I only wish I’d purchased more, as it appears it will be extremely difficult to obtain outside of France. The wines here were good. They were not my favorite of the wineries I tried, but were solid and I think the prices were very fair in comparison to other wineries.