I just had a spectacular hike to the Chateaux de Lastours last night where we had a picnic and watched the sunset. One of my buddies at ESC Dijon’s wine commerce program stayed at the B&B this week with his girlfriend. And Gabriella Opaz came up from Barcelona too. Everybody asked me how they could [...]

This post is about charming Bed & Breakfast rooms available in Carcassonne. Obviously, I’d love for you to come and stay with me at O’Vineyards B&B, but we’re not very close to the castle.  So if you like slurping red wine and you’re going to have a car, you can come sleep at our place. [...]

This is an index of an ongoing series of posts about what people can do in and around Carcassonne.  Millions of people visit the medieval citadel (the Cité de Carcassonne) each year, but what should they do after  walking those gorgeous castle ramparts? I obviously recommend visiting my winery at O’Vineyards.  We offer a full [...]

Danny McCubbin and his photography assistant Anthony just came through the south of France.  We were very happy that they could stop for three days in Carcassonne and taste the wonderful food and wine of the region.  They participated in all our vineyard tours and workshops (i.e. they toured the winery, ate a 5 course [...]

One of our best customers is La Barbacane, the Michelin-starred restaurant in l’Hotel de la Cité in Carcassonne.  I was delighted to hear that they’ll also be serving one of our wines in Le Jardin de l’Evêque, the outdoor garden area across from the hotel. And on top of this great news, they commissioned a [...]

Hey everybody!! My Flip UltraHD came in the mail. I’m really excited. This camera is gorgeous. I celebrated by traveling to Carcassonne and shooting everything I could including this pensive pigeon. I will do a lot of random picture posts to share the vineyard and the region with you.  Hopefully they won’t all be Nouveau [...]