Wines of Provence

New Owners at Château Grand Boise and Château Simone

Château Grand Boise The Château Grand Boise winery in Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire, 3 kilometres southwest of Trets, changed hands in the fall of 2025. Jean Simonet, since 2012 responsible for vineyards...

Merry Christmas

With a short slide show of beautiful Christmas decorations in Provence and from our village of Pégomas, I wish all my readers at WinesofProvence.org a Merry Christmas.

Emmanuel Macron already appointed!

But the presidential election is not until April? That is right, but President Macron has already received a fine award from La Revue du Vin de France (LaRVF), France’s leading and Europe’s...

Merry Christmas

With a small slide show from our beautifully decorated Christmas village in Provence, I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas.

The First Completely Organic French Wine Region!

As you already know, the Provence wine region is the best in France in terms of the proportion of organic vineyard area. As much as 24% of the area is organic, or...

It is burning in Provence vineyards!

It has been dry in Provence, so dry that in 18 municipalities in the Alpes-Maritimes department there is now an irrigation ban for the month of August. Last weekend there was also...

Vermentino versus Rolle

Many believe that the best Vermentino wines come from Sardinia. Since I have the privilege of spending a large part of my time in Provence, a favourite wine has become white wines...

Celebrities in Provence and Frost

News from the Provence wine world so you know what’s going on! It’s starting to get crowded with celebrities in the Provencal wine estates! 13 years ago, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...

Even more Frost!

Time to buy and store French wines?! Just over a week ago, the whole of France was hit by extremely cold weather which will very sharply reduce this year’s harvest of grapes...

VIDEO – Manual Grape Harvest at Domaine Rabiega

Watch the VIDEO from this year’s manual grape harvest at Domaine Rabiega in Côtes de Provence, which was completed in early September when 4.5 tonnes of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were harvested in...

For 25 years, I, Göran Boman, have been a member of “Munskänkarna”, the Swedish wine tasting and wine education association which is the world’s largest non-commercial wine association. During this time I have also during seven years chaired and been responsible for the education of all Munskänkar in my hometown of Västerås.

The origin of my Provence wine books is the essay I wrote when I took the highest course grade for the Munskänkarna, which for wine corresponds to a level higher than the Sommelier grade.