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Rows of vines climbing towards a limestone château

La Table18 August 20265 min read

Five Luberon wine estates worth the drive

Family domaines that still pour for visitors, from a hilltop château to a converted farm with its own olive mill.

A crate of ripe apricots from the Durance valley

La Table1 July 20263 min read

The summer menu at La Table

Tomatoes, apricots, courgette flowers and lamb from the Alpilles. What our kitchen is cooking this season, and why.

Rows of lavender in bloom on the Valensole plateau at dawn

The Luberon2 June 20264 min read

When to see the lavender in the Luberon

The bloom is shorter than most people think. Here is when to come, where to go, and how to see Sénanque before the coaches arrive.

Wheels of local cheese stacked on a market stall

La Table12 May 20263 min read

A Tuesday morning at the Gordes market

What our chef buys, which stalls to find, and why you should arrive before nine.

Ochre cliffs glowing orange among pine trees near Roussillon

The Luberon21 April 20263 min read

Walking the ochre trail at Roussillon

An easy hour through red and gold cliffs, twenty minutes from the house. How to do it well, and when to avoid it.

A dry-stone wall of pale limestone, rebuilt by hand

The Maison10 March 20265 min read

Four winters restoring an old mas

How a seventeenth-century farmhouse below Gordes became Maison Emno: lime, stone, terracotta, and a great deal of patience.