Terra Vinea: a High Tech Winery and Caves in Languedoc, France

This was an interesting visit to the Terra Vinea Winery and Caves. Terra Vinea is an old mine converted into a wine cave. It’s located in Portel des Corbieres, near Narbonne and Perpignan France in the Languedoc-Rousillon region. The mines closed in 1992 and the wine cave opened in 1999. I have a suspician that someone from the winery visited some of America’s attractions like Disneyland when they thought up the idea of Terra Vinea. The caves are filled with light and music shows, talking walls, representations of a Medieval dining room and Roman villa, and a mining cave. It was still interesting and entertaining. The wines however were not the best. We tasted several but only bought one bottle that we found to be of good quality and taste.

Loupian's Roman Ruins in Languedoc, France

Here are photos of beautiful mosaic floors of a recently discovered Roman villa dating back to the 400′s AD. It’s located in a town called Loupian which is near Sete, a coastal city. I was surprised to find such well-preserved floors dating back 1,500 years. The villa was discovered by a farmer ploughing his land. When he was ploughing through the dirt he kept seeing specks of color in the earth which turned out to be peices of the villa’s multicolored mosaic floors. Unfortunately, the plough damaged large sections of the floors.

Pezenas, France: Towns of Languedoc in France

Pezenas was the favorite town we saw on our trip in the Languedoc region. It was the seat of the local government in Languedoc during the 16th and 17th centuries, resulting in beautiful architecture, stone staircases and wrought iron balconies.

Carcassonne, France: Medieval Towns of Languedoc, France

Carcassonne is the best-preserved Medieval city in France. It's located in the Languedoc region of France. While it's very touristy, it's still worth a visit to see this beautifully restored town.

Aigues Mortes: Town of the Camargue in Languedoc, France

Continuing our journey through Languedoc-Roussillon, here are photos of the town of Aigues Mortes, a Medieval fortress in the middle of the Camargue region of France. As part of our stay we took a boat ride along the Camargue marshland canals and stopped to see the French 'cowboys' ride the gorgeous and rugged white horses of the region to round up some young bulls.