Friendship card

Provence Acceuil’s mission is provide visitors with a broad range of information about the Vaucluse. This has naturally led us to meet a large number of local people providing a wide variety of services. Together, we realised that the services we provide to visitors could be enhanced if we could work together in some way. As a result, we launched the Carte d’Amis.

The Carte d’Amis or Friendship Card is our way of showing our appreciation to people who have chosen to visit our wonderful region. This initiative brings together a variety of like-minded service providers offering discounts and other incentives to all Carte d’Amis holders.

Your accommodation host will be delighted to supply you with the Carte d’Amis and a list of its participating partners before you arrive.

As well as offering incentives, the Carte d’Amis also serves as a guide to a range of activities in the region – including restaurants, museums, shops and, for those of you looking to understand more about the region’s wines there are guide tours to vineyards and wineries. Information about participating partners is detailed below.

We sincerely hope that the Carte d’Amis will make your holiday just that little bit more special.


Nougat factory of Silvain Frères in Saint-Didier 5% reduction on your purchases	Ecomuseum of birdcalls in Saint-Didier € 0,50 reduction on the entry fee	Domaine Grand Jacquet in Mazan Buy 18 bottles of wine and you will get 3 more of them.

Hot Air Ballooning in Joucas near Gordes 10% reduction on ballooning	Restaurant Château de Mazan For you and your guests a glass of Beaumes de Venise, Pastis 51 or a soft drink	Restaurant l'Oulo Mazan An aperitif on the house

Wine Uncovered wine tours. A qualification for a10% reduction on the net tour price	Car Inn for free a gps navigation system	Restaurant A kir on the house

Domaine Petrus de Roy Buy 12 bottles of wine and just pay 11 of them	Restaurant À l'Autre Coté de l'Avoir During lunch time a kir is offered from the house	The dream of a boy came true.. € 0,50 reduction on the entry fee

Domaine l'Ameillaud Buy 12 bottles of wine and just pay 11 of them	La Visite Pernes Insolite 50 % reduction on the entry fee	Restaurant Clos du Pâtre Home made digistive is offered

Château Pesquié a beautiful wine Domaine 10% reduction on the prices	The magic surrounding truffles You will be offered a souvenir	Domaine de Landra Buy 12 bottles of wine and one bottle Cherry-juice for free

Click here for a print of all the participants of the Friendshipcard

Let Wine Uncovered be your guide through some of the most beautiful vineyards in France, as you follow the grape’s progress, step by step, from vineyard to bottle.

Wine Uncovered offers half-day guided visits for small groups to the vineyards and wineries of selected wine Domaines in Gigondas, Vaqueras, Rasteau, Sablet and Séguret.

When talking about French wine it is impossible to ignore the notion of “terroir”, a concept that is shrouded in mystery and is responsible for much of the mystique surrounding French wine. Yet it is widely believed that the influence of terroir explains many of the differences between wines produced in France and wines produced in the rest of the world.

So what exactly is “terroir” and how does it influence wine? Wine Uncovered gets to grips with this elusive concept and demonstrates, in a fun and accessible way, how different terroir, grape varieties, vine-growing and winemaking methods determine the characteristics and quality of the wines that you taste.

· Gain a better understanding of the “appellation” system and French wine labelling;

Wine Uncovered’s guided visits appeal to all wine drinkers, from those who simply enjoy a glass from time to time, to wine enthusiasts seeking to broaden their understanding.

Each visit is led by Olivier Hickman, a qualified wine professional with significant hands-on experience in all aspects of the wine industry – from vine-growing to winemaking to wine importing and trading. Half French, Olivier lived in London for most of his life, but has recently returned to his Provencal roots and now lives permanently in Sablet.

Transport: Clients use their own car to travel between the vineyards and Domaines.

The wind through your hair, the sun high in the sky, the smell of lavender, beautiful colours all around and all while you are driving! What a wonderful experience it would be to explore the Vaucluse, Provence in a cabriolet.

We have several options, where we can deliver a car to the airport, to the TGV-station or to your holiday address.

We also offer a transfer service from the station or airport to your holiday address and back.

We deliver the car with a full fuel tank and all you have to do is bring the car back with a full tank.

As you enter Saint Didier you will see to your left at the turn with Perrnes les Fontaines an old Roman bath-house which is to this day still functional. Behind this l’avoir lies the restaurant l' Autre Côté du Lavoir, rebuilt in the provincial style by the proprietors Joël and Patricia. During the summer evenings you can dine outside on the terrace to the song of the crickets.

Joël is the inspired creator of the delicious dishes, using fresh seasonal products in his recipies. His Tarte-Tartin is a delight, and the Tian d’agneau is highly recommended.

Just a little away from the round-abound where the way from Carpentras to Malaucène crosses the way Aubignan to Caromb, lies hide at a little hill and in a serene rest, the beautiful vine-yards from Peter de Rooy. Just the magnificent view at the valley of the Rhône is the trip worth, but Peter de Rooij has you more to tell.

In the little cave of this Domaine your host will tell you several secrets about the producing of his wines. This is possible into the English, French and Dutch languages.

His favourite wine is a strong, full of character red Rhône wine dominated by the Syrah.grape. Don’t forgot to taste his white wine!!!

In the meantime his wife is very busy in the kitchen to prepare the picnic en after the “degustion” you collect your “panier pour la pique-nicque” in the kitchen to share the tables at the border of the vine-yards and under the cherry trees. The wine is offered and of course from the Domaine.

The economically testing period during the early 1990s was the signal for the Silvain brothers to quit the insecurity of agriculture and begin their own nougaterie. Many of the ingredients used are home-grown, such as almonds, cherries, quince-pears, apricots, apples and pears. Between these trees or in the lavender fields are the beehives for the honey which is then used for the nougat or sold in the farm-shop. Now in 2006 the nougaterie has grown into a large family business in which parents, children and in-laws are employed full-time. The shop is located in St. Didier where it is a joy to see the stalled out confectionary and one will be sure to make a purchase. The assortment has grown out since the first nougat was prepared to include not only the traditional nougat but jams, honey, biscuits fruit, bonbons and ‘pâtes’ de fruits.

The processes involved in the preparation of these products can be watched at leisure on a large screen in the air-conditioned video-hall.

Next to this hall is a patio where one can order tea or coffee. This summer the family Silvain will begin with the sale of handmade ice cream, a terrace will be opened between 20.00 and 23.00 for the chance to enjoy a delicious ice-cream.

Specially for Friendship card holders there is the chance to watch the preparation of the nougat in the main kitchen, and of course to try the warm nougat