Honeymoon, Anniversary, Birthdays and Family reunions!
A great Celebration week at O’Vineyards
Three free bottles of Ryan O’Connell’s “KidCab”
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Jacques ordered a surprise birthday party for his wife Yolande!
With Jacques, his sister Dominique & her husband Georges, Yolande stepped in O’Vineyards empty grand room…..Her children and grand children rushed out of O’ kitchen, singing Happy Birthday Mamie Yolande!
Happy St Patrick’s Day to you all! How do you like our O’Chasan dressed in green and ready to go!
At O’Vineyards, St Patrick’s day will be celebrated ALL WEEK! ….. Good excuse to have more green … or white … O’Chasan! Cheers!
Who said one can’t have fun at work?
Three fabulous days of the France Show at Earl’s Court. Thanks to the many friends who came to help promote O’Vineyards B&B – Food & Wine Experience, and our UK/US distributor Naked Wines. Without your help we never could have handled the massive number of visitors requesting info about O’Vineyards Food & Wine!
To top off the trip, a private Soirée was held at Michael & Fay Storie’s house in Kent with dinner cooked by Liz. Joe animated the whole gamut of O’Vineyards wines ordered from Naked Wines by Michael & Fay.
“Feel like Home”
” 5 of 5 stars. Reviewed January 11, 2014
What a big surprise. Waiting for a restaurant? Not your place. Be here and you will be at home, if you feel free to make new friends and talk about anything (including food and wines).
The place isn’t easy to find. We lost our way, but after spending some time talking in a grocery store, a woman gave us a help. We folllow her at some point, where Joe catch us to go to your place. After that, we discovered that the woman was the Major’s sister of Villemoustaussou.
This is not a restaurant, it’s Joe and Liz home and you go straight to yours living and dinner room. It’s great, comfortable, with pieces of fine art and still going fine without “snob” owners. Of course, the first offer that you have is a glass of wine, and if you like wine, will be easy to find one of your choice.
We arrived around 07h30PM with time enough to visit the cellar and winery, and a great surprise again. Good wines, and good chat with Joe. Muse, your dog, was our company all the time, including during the dinner. Great!
We had seven other guys with us on the table, and Joe & Liz, of course. France, Canada, Spain, Brasil, a multi-cultural table with a very good people. This dinner was an experience not only about food, but people and conversation.
Well, the food? Liz did everything in the kitchen, great food all the time. Joe is concerned about the wines every time, too. And we get harmony food X wine, for sure. We have no words to describe that amazing night with superb food and very good wines.
If you are travelling there, don’t make your reservation for the last day/night. We left O’Vineyards Table d’Hote around 00h00, with our flight to Brazil on next day.
O’Vineyards Table d’Hote is a proof that a great dinner is a perfect combination of hosts, people going there, food (Liz you are a 10!!) and wine!
Hope to have time to go back ASAP…
Vitor & Ana
Visited January 2014″
Earn two points for each euro spent on O’Vineyards Fine Wines.
Points rewards:
One night in one double room w/ views on the vines: 1500 points
One winery visit & wine tasting and one five course meal: 500 points
One winery visit & wine tasting: 250 points
Fine Wines dating back to 2005.
Proprietor’s Reserve: 28€ per bottle.
AOC Cabardes. Varietals: Merlot – Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah
“Serve at 16°C. Ageing (good to):2020.
Black hue, purple
rich, very aromatic, dense, spices, blacberry, violet, peony, garigue, white pepper, cinnamon
pure straight at first taste. Very good amplenes, Spices, freshness and density in the finish
Match with food: grilled wild boar, Prime rib, marrow bone”–– Sommeliers international Magazine –
Stranger Stranger: 28€ per bottle.
Our Reserve 100% Merlot. IGP Vins de la cité de Carcassonne
varietal : 100 % Merlot
Les Américains: 18€ per bottle
AOC Cabardes. vintages available: 2005 – 2006 – 2007
varietals : Merlot – Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah
“Delicious… My favorite… richly extracted, smooth brambly fruit,
smoke, pepper, herb, crunchy tannins… an expressive finish
that promises to develop...– Henry Teitelbaum. Wall Street Journal Europe –
O’Syrah: 15€ per bottle
IGP Vins de la cité de Carcassonne. Varietals : 100% Syrah
“Quite a bloody nose with damsons by the bucket load. Richly spiced. Very ripe abundant fruit underlying some green pepperiness. Determined tannins” – Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com –
Trah Lah Lah: 15€ per bottle. IGP Vins de la cité de Carcassonne
Varietals: Merlot – Cabernet Sauvignon
“Pure fresh ripe plum and berry on the nose, and sweetly meaty on the palate. Vibrant fruit, fleshy and rounded”– Tamlyn Currin,JancisRobinson.com –
O’Podium: 12€ per bottle. IGP Vins de la cité de Carcassonne
Varietals: Merlot – Cabernet Sauvignon. Produced only in 2005.
“The humble consumer is able to discover for himself how ageing a wine in French oak, American oak or no oak at all affects the flavour of a wine.” – Juliet Bruce Jones MW –
O’Muse: 12€ per bottle. IGP Vins de la cité de Carcassonne
“Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah that could stand its ground in structure and boldness while still showcasing dark fruit, berries and freshness” – Ryan O’Connell, Winemaker –
O’MG: 10€ per bottle. Vins de France
Varietals : Merlot – Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah
“… Fruit, spices, with a silky tannic wine with a bordelaise charisma. This is a nice aromatic wine that can adapt to a variety of different dishes. It can be drunk at room temperature or slightly chilled, in any season.” – Georges Gracia, Master Sommelier – Maitre Somelier –
O’Chasan : 10€ per bottle. Vins de France.
The only O’Vineyards white wine. Varietal : 100% Chasan
Our first vintage, O’Chasan 2012 is almost sold out!
2013 mixed case at Discounted price
Order now. Collect June 2014. Total 132.00€. Pay 92.00€. You save 42.00€
6 bottles O’Muse 2013
2 bottles O’Chasan 2013
4 bottles O’MG 2013
At O’Vineyards our visitors from around the World are fascinating and unique!
The power of word of mouth: halfway around the World, in a Brisbane beauty salon, Jacinta was recommended to visit us by someone she just met, Barbara who was with us in January for her honeymoon!
Adorable truth from Babe’s mouth: Piper 13, traveling with her parents from the US, told us she will be back when she will be 21!
“A unique and lovely experience”
Reviewed April 22, 2013. by Jacinta McMahon. Melbourne, Australia
TripAdvisor. Senior Reviewer
This photo of O’Vineyards Bed & Breakfast – Carcassonne is courtesy of TripAdvisor
We recently stayed at this gorgeous setting whilst travelling through southern France. We deliberately looked for a bed and breakfast away from the hustle-bustle of the city, Carcassonne, but close enough to allow us to visit, see the sights and then return to some peace and serenity. O’Vineyards certainly provided us with that!
On arrival we were greeted by both Joe and Liz, and of course, Muse. Located at the end of a quiet road the house is literally surrounded by vineyards in every direction. We sat for a while, sipping on a lovely glass of their wine, chatting about the area, our travels and plans. Liz and Joe are both so friendly and interesting, without being too familiar or intrusive.
One point I must mention is the effort Liz went to in getting us connected to the internet- for some reason we were having trouble with the wifi and our macbook and iPad. Liz did not give up until we were connected, even contacting the internet provider and working through things systematically to ensure we had access. Also whilst we were staying with Liz and Joe we needed to do some printing, scanning and faxing- again, Liz went out of her way yo help us with this, and charged no extra for her time and efforts.
Following some ‘down time’ we met Joe and Muse out in the vineyard to learn more about the wines they produce. It was so informative and interesting and included many tastings and some very funny discussions. There was no wine snobbery here! Just genuine interest in sharing his knowledge and expertise. More tastings followed!
Then came dinner- what a gastronomical delight! It was so enjoyable to sit and feast upon such a beautiful meal. Liz is certainly a very talented chef and it was delightful sharing the table with Joe and Liz and sharing our stories. Conversation flowed so easily and the night flew by, with Joe promising us that we would not have a headache the following morning!
Breakfast was enjoyed out on the deck, overlooking the vineyards, with Muse sitting at our feet.
The whole experience at O’vineyards is first-class. So lovely to share some time with genuine people, in a beautiful setting, with great food and great wine. And no headache the next day!
Room Tip: All rooms are beautiful and overlook the vineyards
A Happy Winemaker’s Table
We are lucky that our International visitors seemed to share different months of the year!
Our customers word of mouth is our best advertising. Google search is also very important, keeping us busy… since Tripadvisor somehow moved us from the Carcassonne area to the whole Department of Aude.
People who have visited us know that O’Vineyards is in the Carcassonne Metropolitan area, only minutes from Carcassonne airport, Carcassonne train station and the Medieval City of Carcassonne!
Here is the lastest Tripadvisor review we got from Cindy and David Phillips who were sharing our Winemaker’s Table with Stan & Polly Jurczak from UK and Katsuhiko & Yuriko Toyoshima, Tsuyoshi & Mariko Kuwahara from Japan.
“All I can say is that I can’t wait to go back again!
Domaine O’Vineyards is a delightful vineyard about 8 km from Carcassonne. Hubby and I had a delightful two night stay with Liz and Joe earlier this week. We were spoiled from the moment we arrived until the moment we left. We enjoyed a fabulous wine tasting with Joe, from tanks, barrels and bottles. By the time we left I think we sampled nearly every wine they produced, and every one was just fantastic. We enjoyed two delicious meals cooked by Liz – I don’t even know how many courses there were, served with a generous amount of wine. Liz even took me into the kitchen to teach me a recipe or two!
Their dog, Muse, took us for a walk through the vineyard, through Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet vines. The vines were just starting to bud and I can’t wait to return in the summer to see the vines in full leaf and grape.
Would I return? I’m definitely returning! “
Reviewed 10 April 2013
London, England, United Kingdom
Tripadvisor Senior Reviewer
Reviewed April 22, 2013. by 
