So very Provençal
Their produce was declared natural. Neighboring villages adopted. Slowly, the Green Heart of the Var turned a actuality. It is a very satisfying success story and Michael was the driving pressure behind it. No surprise he has such dancing eyes.
We love to walk by way of Correns. It is quintessentially Provençal. Small Citroëns, belonging to native employees, are parked in each nook of the sq., which is awash with colourful flowers, butterflies and birdsong. There is an air of peace. Everybody waves and smiles. Every time I’m there I believe I’ve stepped right into a fairy story. Except that that is actual. Michael’s accomplice runs a bookshop in Brignoles, another excuse to browse and take the day at a leisurely tempo. She shares books from tiny publishers: native tales that narrate the soul and folklore of this beautiful area. She speaks with a thick Provençal accent. Her giggle is loud. We observe Michael to his cellar, his property’s wine store, run by his sons, sip the Aspras cuvées, and fill our automobile with cartons of rosé, white and crimson. We watch the crimson solar slip silently behind the vineyards, realizing that tomorrow, or maybe the following day, we should hit the highway for house.
Carol Drinkwater is an award-winning actress and the best-selling creator of The Olive Farm sequence. Her newest work is An Act of Love, set in WWII France.
From France Today Magazine