Pink Floyd Revisited

 

There is nothing better than to be invited to a Provençal "Apéritif Dînatoire" - a long, informal, lazy and at the end often rather hazy lunch involving numerous plates of different delicacies, wine and most important "convivialité" - a warm, generous, familiar get-together among friends. Yesterday we had the honor to be invited to our friends and new neighbours Eric and Nana's house. Owners of the fabulous "L'Epicurien" restaurant in Crestet, a neighbouring village of Vaison, Eric and Nana work so much they do not have much time for socializing so we knew it was a special honor to be invited to their house. And of course we also knew we were in for a treat, because not only do our friends serve great food at their restaurant where they have a chef - they are also great chefs themselves!

 Eric

We got spoiled with a delicious terrine

 

loads of other yummy dishes and

a leek tart of which I just have to have the recipe!!!

 

And then we were in for a real surprise:

Nana presented what turned out not to be just another bottle of Rosé,

 

 

but "Pink Floyd" the first vintage of

 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Provençal Rosé wine

 

Only available for sale in France the 6000 bottles of the 2012 vintage sold out the first day (you can now find it on Ebay). The Jolie-Pitts claim to be "intimately involved" in the production of the wine they produced in collaboration with Marc Perrin, the owner of Chateau de Beaucastel in prestigious Chateauneuf du Pape. And the verdict? It is a really nice rosé wine, but so are many other Provençal Rosé wines for which you pay a fraction of what "Pink Floyd" is now being hawked for.

 

Restaurant L'Epicurien

Quartier Glacière

84110 Crestet

www.epicurienvaison.fr