Aire in Uzès
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Don’t know the Aire but know the area well. Looking at very positive comments on Park4night it seems a wine purchase in the farm shop would be a good outcome on both sides. I love a bit of wine tasting (part of the French experience) and almost always buy some wine from such places. If you enjoy wine you’ll be buying some anyway so it’s a win-win. Languedoc reds are generally very good and not silly prices.
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Hic 😎
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Looks very nice and they produce three Rose wines, our choice in the hot weather.😀 Strangely enough, just before reading this thread I was looking at an Aire in Arles. Unfortunately although ideally situated, I ruled it out. The area alongside the Rhone looked rather run down and on street view (admittedly a moment in time, although looking rather permanent ) occupied by travellers.
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Usèz is a nice town although parking can be tricky. I recommend staying at Bagnols-sur-ceze. There is an Aire in the town although I wouldn’t use it. We shall be staying at our usual site in about a month’s time; Les Genêts d’Or. ACSI and right on the river Cèze.
Surely wine tasting is for tourists? I avoid vineyards like the plague. Best value is supermarkets..
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That statement suggests you’ve avoided them so well that you’ve never been to one!
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The Aire in Bagnols is really a small extension to the car park. Enough said!
No, I have never been to a tasting in a “Cave” in 60 years of visiting France but have stuck my head in a few cellars/shops in Beaune and Fleurie. The wines seemed overpriced to me so I wasn’t tempted. Perhaps I am missing something?
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I suggest lunch at Terroirs in the main square at Uzes - perhaps just a platter of cold meats and a glass or two of their local wine - either sit in the sun outside or sit in shade under the arcades depending on the weather. Ask the boss what he has chosen as his house wine - trust him because he has taste and style - and if you like it buy a couple of bottles of it in the restaurant shop, or note the name and go to the vineyard. But either way it won’t be cheap - and the supermarkets won’t have it.
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Many years ago in Beaune we went for a wine tasting. We had bought this book from the tourist office and it listed lots of small producers who were happy to let you taste their produce and perhaps buy a bottle or three. The cave was a huge cellar under a large bungalow in the back streets of Beaune. We weren’t even sure we had the right place, but Madame ushered us in down several passageways and staircases. We were treated to a tasting of several whites and a few reds and shown photos of where on the slopes the grapes were grown, their terroir and how they weren’t that far from Nuit-Saint-Georges. Our eldest, who was old enough to try small samples even got his hand slapped for going back to the white after the red.😂
Yes there are certainly touristy places but then there are places like that. I certainly think we would have missed something if we hadn’t done it. We’ve done a lot since and many before, but that certainly ranks as one of the best.
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I suspect your recommendations are lost on hitchglitch, he’s more of a Blue Nun at Aldi sort of guy.
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Decided to stop in Uzes tonight. The Aire at the vineyard is very good, if currently a bit dusty, being whipped up by the wind. Totally full tonight, one van has already come in and had to leave. The facilities are easy to access and rubbish / recycling better than some campsites. Arrived about 13:30 had some lunch, then went and tasted the 3 rose wines. They were totally distinct and we liked them all, so had bottle of each. The walk into the town is easy and a visit to the medieval garden well worth the €7 entrance fee, the view from the top of tower is spectacular.
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Steve - you did the right thing in avoiding Arles. We were there recently (on our river cruise) and took a coach tour from there to Pont du Gard which went past three distinct areas which could be the aire you were looking at and, yes, they all appeared to be established traveller areas. In fact it didn't even occur to me that any of them were potential aires!
(Although the city itself is lovely!
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Can you clarify if you need to be a member of the FP scheme, as implied in some reviews I read? Thanks.
It does not seem so, we aren’t members. There is no signage to indicate you have to be a member of anything. Just signs directing you to the MH Aire. As it’s just turned 7 pm here, I think we are locked in for the night and nobody has been to check anything. I think they are just happy to have a few additional wine buyers.
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The vans that I thought were going away as the Aire was full, were parked up the entrance road in the car spaces when I went for an explore later. As they go and close the gate at 19:00 I assume they must allow this, if only overnight. Also, although it mentions that access is possible after 19:00 on foot, this does seem to be by climbing a wall to get into the vineyard. The French couple in the van next to us went out dressed up, presumably to a restaurant. A few hours later OH observed him wander off with a small step ladder from the van, we assume to get his wife, who looked less able, over the wall.
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