This famous appellation covers an immense area of 18,000 hectares of vines : it includes the "varois" hinterland from the Luc until the Estérel and bordering the Mediterranean from Hyères, to Fréjus, passing by Saint-Tropez.
Considering the size of the area and the differences in soil and climate, "les côtes de Provence" encompasses a large variety of wine. The rosés represent 75 % of the harvest, the reds make up 20 % and the whites only 5 %, although this does not mean they are of lesser quality.
The fresh and fruity rosés are at the head of the list. Considered as the "ambassadors of Provence", they are directly linked with summer, Provencal cooking and the agreeable Provencal life-style.

End of May : "Les rencontres du rosé" and gastronomic cooking competition.
Beginning of July : Wine festival at Ramatuelle, at Hyères
During August : Grape festival at Fréjus.
During September : Wine festival and harvest celebration at Cogolin, at Grimaud, at St Tropez
End of September : Wine festival at the Plan de la Tour.

Pays de Draguignan and Centre Var

Château de Bernes à Lorgues.
In the centre of a 500 hectare park, the chateau and chapel date from the 18th century. Open-air theatre with floating stage and waterfall. Wine-tasting and guided tour of the cellars.

Château Sainte Roseline in Les Arcs sur Argens

Château Roubine at Lorgues.
Château des Templiers, 14th century, passed to the order of Jerusalem in 1307.
Group visits, wine-tasting.

Château Sainte Roseline - Les Arcs.
Ancient abbey from the 11th century transformed into a beautiful residence, with a park laid-out in typical French style. Wine-tasting and guided tour of the cellars.

Château des Demoiselles - La Motte
A magnificent setting featuring 300 hectares (over 200 hectares of forest), located inland in the Var countryside, not far from the Pennafort gorges.

Château des Demoseilles in La Motte

Château de Selle - Taradeau.
18th century residence of the Comtes de Provence. Wine is made according to traditional techniques.
Wine-tasting and guided tour of the cellars.

Château de Saint-Martin - Taradeau.
Priory transformed into Provencal residence in the 18th century. Large 11th century cellar.
Meals by reservation (10 menus and wine). Exhibitions.
Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Châteaux d'Astros - Vidauban.
Chateau built in the 12th century by the Templiers. Le vieux château d’Astros et le "nouveau" château d’Astros, grande demeure à l’italienne, construit en 1860, a servi au tournage du film d’Yves Robert "Le château de ma mère". Ne se visite pas. Le parc du nouveau château est accessible. Beautiful vaulted cellar.
Wine-tasting and explanations.

Château Saint-Julien d'Aille - Vidauban.
Residence dating back to the middle ages which was the home of several religious orders before being transformed into a chateau in the 14th century. Cellars built in the ancient chapel.
Group visits on request.

Property de l'Abbaye - Le Thoronet.
Inhabited in the 12th century by monks, an underground passage links it to the abbey du Thoronet.
Impressive oil pressing equipment and 12 century archways.
Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Château de Roux - Le Luc.
Lovely 18th century residence in the middle of a 100 hectare park.
Bed and breakfast, rural holiday cottage (gite). Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Commanderie de Peyrassol - Flassans sur Issole.
Templier property occupied from the 14th century to 1789 by the "Ordre des Chevaliers de Malte".
The vineyard dates back to 800 AD. Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Pays de l'Estérel

Château du Rouet - Le Muy.
Residence dating from Napoléon III with a large park in typîcal Mediterranean style. Exhibitions. Rural holiday cottage (gite). Guided tour on request.

Château de Cabran - Puget sur Argens.
Fortified property built on the foundations of an antique Roman villa.
Wine-tasting and guided tour : vine-growing techniques, cuisine and wine.
Wine-tasting in the cellar on request.

Château d'Esclans - La Motte.
14th century Provencal house with cellars dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries, situated not far from the "Gorges de Pennafort", in superb surroundings.

Golfe de Saint-Tropez

Château Saint-Maur - Cogolin.
19th century chateau with square tower, clock and bell-tower situated at the foot of Grimaud village. Beautiful view of the town. Wine-tasting and guided visit on request.

Château Minuty - Gassin.
Majestic residence from the 19th century which includes an 18th century chapel and collections of "santons", and earthenware pottery from Moustiers.
Wine-tasting and guided tour of the cellar and property on request.

Domaine De Bertaud-Belieu - Gassin.
Beautiful historic cellars. Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Château de Chausse - La Croix Valmer.
19th century residence surrounded by park-land. Exhibitions, concerts.
Ultra-modern cellar. Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Les Iles d'Or et pays d'Hyères

Château de Brégançon - Bormes les Mimosas.
18th century property looking out over the sea, opposite the "Fort de Brégançon" and the islands of Porquerolles and Port Cros. Typical Provencal architecture, with beautiful vaulted cellars. Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Domaine de Léoube - Bormes les Mimosas.
16th century residence with 4 towers and a beautiful park, in typical French style, by the sea. Wine-tasting and guided tour by appointment.

Château La Tour l'Evêque - Pierrefeu.
The ancient summer residence of the archbishops of Toulon houses a beautiful wine-tasting cellar renovated in the style of the middle ages. Wine-tasting and guided tour.

Château de l'Aumérade - Pierrefeu.
Property which houses a "santon" museum (1700 exhibits),
a lake, complete with swans and peacocks and a 3500m² cellar.
Wine-tasting and guided tour by appointment.

Château de Galoupet - La Londe Les Maures.
18th century chateau surrounded by typical Mediterranean vegetation
with a view over the "Iles d'Or". Walking trails on the property. Exhibitions.
Louis 14th-style cellar, wine-tasting and guided tour.

Château Cibonne - Le Pradet.
Le Chateau construit en 1630, domine fierement la rade de Toulon à l'ouest et les vignes de son Clos ouvrant la perspective sur la presqu'ile de Giens et les îles de Porquerolles. Propriété du Comte de Cibon jusqu'en 1789 qui fut lieutenant de vaisseau de la marine royale de Louis XVI. Le Chateau est posé dans un écrin de verdure dans un site remarquable qui est resté trés sauvage et qui contraste avec un bord de mer souvent fortement urbanisé. A découvrir. Dégustation et visite commentée.

Where to find the wine-growing properties and co-operative wineries (caves coopératives) AOC "Côtes de Provence"

Le pays de Draguignan

Draguignan (6 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Les Arcs (8 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Lorgues (11 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Figanières (1 property, 1 co-operative winery)
Taradeau (3 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Trans en Provence (1 property)
Vidauban (10 properties, 1 co-operative winery)

Le golfe de Saint-Tropez

Cogolin (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Gassin (6 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Grimaud (4 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
La Croix Valmer (2 properties)
La Garde Freinet (2 properties)
La Môle (1 property)
Plan de La Tour (1 co-operative winery)
Ramatuelle (4 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Saint-Tropez (1 property, 1 co-operative winery)

Le pays de la Sainte-Victoire

Trets (6 properties, 1 co-operative)
Peynier (1 property)
Puyloubier (7 properties, 1 co-operative)
Pourrières (11 properties, 1 co-operative)
Pourcieux (2 properties, 1 co-operative)
Rousset (1 property)

Le pays de Fréjus

Bagnols en Fôret (1 co-operative winery)
Fréjus (3 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
La Motte (7 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Le Muy (4 properties)
Puget sur Argens (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Roquebrune sur Argens (3 properties)

Le pays d'Hyères and Porquerolles

Bormes les Mimosas (11 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Cuers (6 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Hyères (8 properties)
La Crau (10 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
La Londe Les Maures (20 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Le Pradet (3 properties)
Pierrefeu (10 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Porquerolles (3 properties)
Puget-Ville (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Solliès-Pont (1 property, 1 co-operative winery)

Le pays du Luc et Centre Var

Besse sur Issole (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Cabasse (4 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Carcès (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Carnoules (1 domaine, 1 co-opérative)
Cotignac (3 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Entrecasteaux (3 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Flassans sur Issole (4 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Gonfaron (5 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Le Cannet des Maures (7 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Le Luc (8 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Le Thoronet (2 properties, 1 co-operative winery)
Pignans (4 properties)
Saint-Antonin (1 property)

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