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DOMAINE RAY - JANE

high above the seaside town of Cassis. The
view was spectacular, and despite a few
tastes of wine we were not lured to the
cliff’s edge as some locals were. My wife
Mary did go for a walk and waved to us
from what seemed like a perilous point.
I motioned for her to step back, but she
said she was never in any danger. We were
amazed to see rock climbers emerge from
the vertical sandstone cliff stretching
many hundreds of feet below. Personally I
would rather wine taste than rock climb…
but that’s just me.

You can never tell a book by its cover and
our visit to our second winery, Domaine
Ray-Jane, in Le Castellet, just north of
Bandol, was proof that first impressions
can be seriously wrong. We parked in a
small lot fronting a slightly run-down
building and stepped inside a small office
cluttered with paperwork and a few cases
of wine.

Opposite: Raymond Constant, winemaker owner
of Domaine Ray-Jane shows his family coat of arms.
Top: Old bottles still used for bulk wine by the
regulars. Right: Roses take front and center in the
wine tasting room.

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