Ampelography workshop at La Cavale

La Cavale, wine tourism experiences and organic wines.

Come and rediscover the Luberon at La Cavale, through their organically-farmed wines, which reflect the vision of owner Paul Dubrule.

Ampelography is the discipline shared by botany and oenology. In this workshop, you'll learn more about grape varieties, vines, branches, leaves and more. Understand and identify them. The same grape varieties are often known locally by different names. There are around 5,000 cultivated grape varieties in the world today, which, with translations, can have no fewer than 40,000 names!

After the theory, it's time to get practical. Create your own blend from several grape varieties, in bottles provided for you: Syrah, Grenache and Vieux Carignan, and so on. Watercolours and a herbarium presenting the grape varieties will help you to describe, identify and differentiate them. They'll soon have no secrets for you! Blending is the most crucial stage in the winemaking process, before bottling... and tasting, of course!

Practical information

• Workshop duration: 1 hour, from 3.00 to 4.00 p.m.
• Blending equipment and wine tasting, accompanied by an information pack.
• Over 18s.
• Places limited to 6 people.
• A minimum of 2 participants is required for this activity to continue. The workshop may be cancelled due to insufficient participants.