Meanwhile, there is a humble vin de pays, or “country wine” (an upstart, an outcast, because its vines lie just outside the official Côtes du Rhône zone), whose wine can outluster a good many of its titled neighbors. The vineyard is the Domaine de la Gautière, near Buis-les-Baronnies. Paul and Georgette Tardieu are the proprietors of the Domaine de la Gautière. It is worth visiting and they look forward to visitors. Paul especially likes Americans. He gave me a discount because I am an American. He remembers the war.
