{"id":1506,"date":"2020-02-28T21:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T21:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2020-02-28T22:02:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T22:02:38","slug":"pezenas-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1506","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9zenas, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\u00e9zenas is a quiet commune of 8,000 souls, nestled in the uplands of the Languedoc<\/a>.\u00a0 As with most villages in that region, wines are made all around it, mostly blends of Grenache, Syrah and Mourv\u00e8dre.\u00a0 Because of the schist soil, the wines there tend to be a bit stony.\u00a0 If you are in the region for wine tasting, you should also stop to visit the village.<\/p>\n

The local tourist people make a big deal about Moli\u00e8re, who lived there for awhile in the 1650s.\u00a0 His great acclaim came in Paris later on, but the people of P\u00e9zenas claim him as a \u201clocal boy made good\u201d to this day.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find a statue of the great playwright across from the Brasserie Moli\u00e8re and the Grand Hotel Moli\u00e8re.\u00a0 There\u2019s a pretty row of caf\u00e9s there, but they\u2019re rather touristy.
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Along the Cours Jean Jaur\u00e8s in <\/em>P\u00e9zenas, with the Coll<\/em>\u00e9giale Saint-Jean in the background.<\/em><\/p>\n

You should definitely explore the eateries in P\u00e9zenas.\u00a0 On the advice of a local gentleman out walking his dog, we had a superb three-course meal, with wine, for under fifty euros for two people.\u00a0 Just taking a coffee along the delightfully decorated main drag, the Cours Jean Jaur\u00e8s, and you know you\u2019re in France.<\/p>\n

On that same street, the Piscenois (for so the local inhabitants call themselves) host a grand outdoor market every Saturday.\u00a0 It takes up the entire center of town and is well-attended by the townspeople and tourists alike.<\/p>\n

All the above are great reasons to visit P\u00e9zenas.\u00a0 Best of all, nestled within the charming village is a medieval one.\u00a0 It has been preserved, cleaned up and adorned with the sorts of shops and galleries that tourists seem to adore.\u00a0 Yes, we could have done with a few less chocolateries<\/em>, but it is fair to say that people in the Middle Ages must have walked these narrow streets to buy their bread and olives, so why should we scoff at the commerce that makes this little corner of history possible.<\/p>\n

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The town square in medieval P\u00e9zenas.<\/em><\/p>\n

You enter through a stone portal on the aforementioned Cours Jean Jaur\u00e8s and you find yourself carried back eight centuries.\u00a0 You have choice of streets to follow.\u00a0 To the right you\u2019ll eventually find yourself in the ancient town square.\u00a0 There you can stop for a meal or a drink and pretend to be a few centuries older than you are.\u00a0 From there, too, you can choose from among several streets, alleys really, in which to wander.<\/p>\n

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The ancient ghetto of P\u00e9zenas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everywhere you turn, you\u2019re likely to find something to delight your eyes.\u00a0 Here there\u2019s a fountain, there a statue, up the street a merchant\u2019s house that you\u2019re welcome to inspect.\u00a0 We found most moving the ancient Jewish ghetto.\u00a0 Yes, even then, even here, discrimination flourished.\u00a0 Of course, today this section holds housing for all who can afford it.<\/p>\n

That is the overall attraction of P\u00e9zenas.\u00a0 Side by side you find the contemporary, memories of greatness and a wonderfully preserved bit of long-ago times.\u00a0 And all surrounded by the vineyards of Languedoc!<\/p>\n

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P\u00e9zenas is a quiet commune of 8,000 souls, nestled in the uplands of the Languedoc.\u00a0 As with most villages in that region, wines are made all around it, mostly blends of Grenache, Syrah and Mourv\u00e8dre.\u00a0 Because of the schist soil, the wines there tend to be a bit stony.\u00a0 If you are in the region … Continue reading P\u00e9zenas, France<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1513,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}