Strange how hotels can engender feelings ? sometimes as powerfully as people do. Arriving at Crillon Le Brave on a wet, windswept evening was like stepping into a warm embrace. Not a shred of starchy formality: no echoing lobby, ...
Gigondas and Vacqueyras are neighboring wines that use similar blends. Gigondas is often more rustic than Chateauneuf-du-Pape, but the better producers make excellent wines. Vacqueyras resembles the best Cotes du Rhone-Villages. ...
You'll pay for that heft, with prices ranging from $15 to $40. Vacqueyras is right next door, but without the jagged peaks looming over the vineyard, the wines tend to be gentler, sleeker, and a little cheaper.
