Big news in the South of France today is Cannes film festival.  Twitter feed spits out photos of  Jane Campion, Sophia Coppola, Isabelle Huppert... gathering at the Bunuel theater. Deep sigh. The glitz and glamour of the     Cote d'Azur is only a small slice of the appeal, of course. This week's tasting will guide you down that hot and dusty trail from the Mont Faron

To bring you into the mind set of this weeks tasting, let's meditate on reasons for the special consideration of region..... FIVE aisles of Rose wines at thelocal  Monoprix mega food store in Toulon.... figs as big as the fist of a 6 year old child,  the  air in the