On the agenda:
One-day grape-picking at the Armagnac Ecomuseum in Labastide d’Armagnac on 21 September www.chateau-garreau.fr
Couleur Armagnac Table d'hôtes at the Domaine de Lugazaut in Vielle-Soubiran from 7-13 October www.ledomainedelugazaut.com
“Armagnac en fête” in Labastide d’Armagnac from 25 – 27 October www.armagnacenfete.com
Create your own Armagnac at the Domaine d’Espérance in Mauvezin d’Armagnac from 1st-30 November
www.armagnac-esperance.com/home
All through the day, all through the night… watching over the still in Labastide de l’Armagnac at the Armagnac Ecomuseum on 8 November www.chateau-garreau.fr
Celebrating Distillation at the Château de Ravignan in Perquie on 15 November
armagnac-ravignan.com/lechateau
Musical evening around the still at the Domaine de Paguy on 15 & 16 November www.domaine-de-paguy.com
Bandas and festive banquets focusing on distillation in Bourdalat from 22 to 24 November www.domaineduberdet.fr
Did you know… Even today, Armagnac continues to be a craft product, made by winemakers and artisans with ancestral know-how. You’ll discover that there’s not AN Armagnac but Armagnacs: Bas Armagnac, Tenareze and Haut Armagnac. And, even though it’s sipped as an after-dinner liqueur, it’s also wonderfully-refreshing as an aperitif called FLOC DE GASCOGNE! While you’re here, take time to explore the South-West’s fortified villages and towns and highly-unusual places like the cyclists chapel, the solar farm in Gabardan and the Château de Ravignan in Perquie.
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