Luberon

If you love #Provence rosé #wine, but lack the vocabulary to talk about it, just listen to this guy, you will be drunk on knowledge: youtu.be/zhRDMNfsbj4

Lavender Update: this is what it looks like in the #Luberon today, lavender is in first stage of blooming, in a week it will be fully lit! bit.ly/2tbg5Yu

Fascinating American artist Alice Neel shown alongside Van Gogh at a major retrospective of her work in Arles buff.ly/2oH56l8

Provence smells extra good on 1st May. Find out why everyone's gone crazy for lily-of-the-valley at buff.ly/2peO7IT

What gets through 60,000 tons of straw, 3,500 tons of sand and 40,000 tons of hay in just five days? Avignon's Cheval Passion, 18-22 January

Are you willing to eat a whole one just to be King for the day? For more on this custom head to buff.ly/2iSHR5J

Intriguing photographs by mysterious nanny Vivian Maier on display at L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue's Campredon Art Centre. buff.ly/2hNKpUu

The traditional Provence Christmas season starts with a saucer of home-grown wheat; if it grows green and straight, good luck is on the way!

Last chance to see these gorgeous paintings of Provence: Camoin at the Musee Granet, Aix buff.ly/2cZW54N

See behind closed doors this weekend: buff.ly/2cxEr6e

If a piano concert in a sublime setting is for you, catch summer's last music festivals: buff.ly/2cxlbG0

Get your Catch of the Day at the floating market. No better way to shop in Provence! buff.ly/29Q0c0I

It's #cherry season! Where do you hang yours?

Is your Savon de Marseille is the real thing? buff.ly/1TOQ62W

What did England's greatest landscape painter make of Provence? TURNER & COLOUR, curated by Tate expert now in Aix.

Where can you combine world-class art, architecture, wine, delicious food and a country walk?buff.ly/1ruhfvr

No more nose collisions; this map has the number of kisses per region, just make sure you start on the correct side!

Forbes describes AOC Luberon wine as "Provence sunshine in a bottle". Come see for yourself. buff.ly/1TOmVMN

We have lovely houses to rent near #Festival Yeah! buff.ly/1QOES7H

Festival Yeah! is a small and eclectic music festival in the prettiest of Provence villages buff.ly/1TLL1aR