The Provence Letters

Four short letters from a sommelier who lives in France. What most people get wrong about Provence, a wine list made of islands, what a spring day here actually looks like, and how a trip gets designed. Then I stop.

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    Belles Rives, Juan-les-Pins

    Where the first letter begins

    Who writes them

    I am Emily Lester, an American sommelier living in Lyon. I run Paris Wine Girl with my husband Nicolas. We design and guide wine travel across France, and I photograph and write all of it myself.

    What arrives

    • What most people get wrong about Provence
    • A wine list made of islands
    • What a spring day here looks like
    • How a trip actually gets designed

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