Rhone Wine Holidays Chateauneuf Du Pape
It's a style of wine (almost always red, but there are some whites available) made in any of 3 vineyards in a protected area near the village of the same name (translated as "the Pope's new castle") in the Southern Rhône region of south eastern France It's the purple bit hereClairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Picpoul and Picardan are the allowed varieties for white Chateauneuf du Pape They cover nearly 7% of the fields and the white wines are 67% of the production Some of these grapes are used for the red wines Picpoul and Picardan are of marginal importance
