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Number (in millions) of visitors to France last year, according to the research firm GlobalData. Within the next two years that number is expected to swell to 93.7 million people, making France the most visited country in the world by 2025. While virtually every part of France draws visitors, Provence in particular is a tourist hotspot for its gastronomy, vineyards, and weather.

What Makes Great Wines Great? Part Four: Connectedness

“It’s like Audrey Hepburn in the perfect little black dress. It’s not just a black dress—it’s a perfectly-lined black dress, with the perfect strand of pearls, the wrap, the whole thing. It’s not fancy, it’s not overdone. In winemaking, I do that. I don’t make blousy wines. I don’t make wines that are heavily out front. I make wines that you need to pay attention to.”

—Eileen Crane, CEO and Chief Winemaker at Domaine Carneros who retired after 33 years, on her winemaking style.

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