Vineyard B&Bs and estate stays in Provence where you sleep among the vines.
A guide to wine hotels in Provence.
Villa La Coste sits inside Chateau La Coste's biodynamic estate at Le Puy-Sainte-Reparade, with 28 villa suites, three restaurants and the art and architecture walk.
The list: Estate Coteaux d'Aix biodynamic wines served at all three restaurants; private cellar tour with sommelier; daily tasting flight at the Tadao Ando pavilion
30-room Relais et Chateaux estate spread across the Alpilles foothills of Les Baux, with an 18-hole golf course, working olive groves and a Michelin-starred kitchen.
The list: Cellar of 450 references with Les Baux biodynamic axis; weekly tasting dinners with neighbouring estates; vineyard cycle itinerary across Mas de la Dame and Mas Sainte-Berthe
Relais et Chateaux hotel inside the Chateau de Berne Cotes de Provence estate at Lorgues, with 30 rooms, two restaurants and a working wine and olive estate.
The list: Estate Cotes de Provence cuvees on all menus; private cellar tour with vertical tastings; harvest weekends in September; daily blending workshop at the chateau
Village-square hotel at the foot of the Cotignac tuff cliff, with 38 rooms, an organic kitchen garden and a Provence-anchored cellar in the stone hectolitres room.
The list: Cellar of 380 references with Cotes de Provence and Coteaux Varois focus; tasting nights with neighbouring Coteaux Varois growers; sommelier-led Friday verticals
Vineyard resort on a working Luberon estate at Gargas, with 63 rooms in restored Provencal mas buildings and a working Ventoux vineyard producing the Aureto label.
The list: Aureto estate Ventoux and Luberon wines on all menus; daily winery tasting with cellarmaster; harvest weekends; blending workshop with the estate enologist
Family-run Bandol village hotel in medieval La Cadiere-d'Azur, with terraces over the Bandol vineyards and a Michelin-starred restaurant deep on Bandol verticals.
The list: Cellar of 500 references with Bandol axis (Tempier, Pibarnon, Pradeaux verticals); estate-arranged Bandol winery visits; daily Bandol three-wine flight in the bar
Restored 18th-century chateau and working Coteaux d'Aix vineyard at Le Puy-Sainte-Reparade, with 53 rooms across the bastide and orangerie wings.
The list: Estate Chateau de Fonscolombe Coteaux d'Aix cuvees served throughout; private cellar tour and tasting; vineyard cycle itinerary; harvest weekends in September
Relais et Chateaux mas hotel above Saint-Paul-de-Vence, with 76 rooms, a Michelin-starred kitchen and a Cote d'Azur cellar deep on Bellet and Bandol.
The list: Cellar of 600 references with Cote d'Azur axis; Bellet-focused tasting evenings; private cellar visits with the head sommelier; estate-arranged Bellet winery visits
Peak wine-travel season in Provence is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Provence rewards trust.