This self-serving museum is owned by Luxury Lavender growers / sellers promoting their products…read more They go to great lengths to explain how industrial growers have cheapened their luxury products. There is an interesting education film about lavender production, if you can get see through their sales propaganda. Inside their are stills/distillery bins from the last 4 centuries, from the owners private collection to use this as a showcase. As you leave, you will be hit up by multiple sales people hawking their overpriced, luxury lavender products. What a total rip off.

If you in Provence to explore lavender routes and festivals, do not miss this little museum…read more A little bit of history, a little bit of shopping, a little bit on craft of lavender oil production... And a lot of most wonderful smells of lavenders of all kinds to overwhelm your senses. Everything lavender, from small sachets to oils, to soaps, to books, pictures, prints and videos, can be found here. Tour is pretty cool, too.

From the owner: Au sein du Domaine de la Citadelle - Plus de 1200 tire-bouchons du 17ème à nos jours sont exposés…read moredont certaines pièces uniques - Ouvert au public depuis 1993 Une collection privée de plus de mille deux cent pièces du monde entier, du 17ème à nos jours. Les premiers tire-bouchons sont apparus vers le milieu du 17ème siècle. Il s'agit sans doute d'une invention anglaise. On pense généralement que l'idée vient de la mèche vrillée du tire-bourre (ou tire-balle) fournie avec les armes à feu. C'est à cette époque effectivement que les anglais ont commencé à élever leurs vins en bouteilles plutôt qu'en barriques. Avant cela, les régions vinicoles avaient pour pratique de garder le vin en fût et de le tirer en pichets.Avec l'ère industrielle, la forme des bouteilles en verre change : on passe ainsi de la forme dite " en bulbe d'oignon " à la forme cylindrique que nous connaissons aujourd'hui, ce qui permet de les stocker plus facilement.Dans le même temps, le col de la bouteille étant plus étroit, il faut fabriquer des bouchons aux côtés parallèles que l'on compresse avant de les insérer dans la bouteille pour assurer une parfaite étanchéité. Un extracteur de bouchons ou " tire-bouchon " est donc devenu indispensable.

This review is for Tayac, the restaurant that is in the winery…read more We had lunch here with our family. WOW! We loved every bite, and we got a variety of delicious dishes. The soup was fabulous, as was the amazing risotto! The fish and lamb mains were each perfect as was the cheese board! The use of local, fresh vegetables in almost every dish is wonderful. The feeling of eating so very well and still very healthily is a bonus! Wines from the Domaine la Citadelle our hostess Margaux brought with each dish were also excellent. The room is newly completed and gorgeous, the service was incredible, and the price was also very reasonable. Restaurants like this are part of why we so love France!

If you were to visit any place you must absolutely visit this one for sure. We heard about this…read moreplace and we're so glad we came. Set in a beautiful location, the drive to this place you pass lovely vineyards. The building is beautifully constructed and it has a gift shop if you happen to like souvenirs that are tasteful and elegant. We were greeted by a very sweet lady with bright red hair. She was so worldly wise and made for excellent conversation while we sipped the wines. She spoke English and give us a wonderful history of the grapes, how they are classified by terrain and they're famous corkscrew museum. She'll ask you what you like to drink rather than go through all the wines like a mill. I happen to like white and rose wines but we enjoyed everything so much we tried out the Reds. They also happen to have a medicinal herbal garden which is worth visiting with kids. It is a shame that it is difficult to import French wines, because wines from other countries and even American wines use way too many sulfites. The French use few sulfites, and their wine is impeccable. We got two rose's and a red- the Artemis rose and the gouverneur red. We will be back!