Castelnau-d'Aude is a small village in the Aude department in southern France. Aude ( Occitan: Aude) is a department in south-central France named after the Aude River. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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Location
The village is equi-distant between the cities of Carcassonne and Narbonne in the shadow of the Black Mountains and surrounded by vineyards. Carcassonne (Carcassona is a fortified French town in the Aude département, of which it is the Prefecture, Narbonne ( Narbona in Catalan and in Occitan, the Roman Narbo) is a commune in southwestern France in the A rural paradise, the village remains undiscovered by many from outside the region.
Wine Making
The production of wine has gone on in this area of France for centuries, and the village is surrounded by a fantastic vista of grape vines which positively glow in the extraordinary golden light for which this region is famed.
Castelnau is gifted with a fine wine making family, Roland and Anne-Marie Coustal, who make wine under the name Terres Georges. The moderate scale of production allows the entire process to be undertaken by hand. Many of the wines from this cave have won awards at the major European French wine festivals. The cave is open to the public for tasting sessions with the winemakers on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Facilities
For a village of its size, the community is relatively well equipped. Castelnau has some basic facilities including a Mayors office, small Post-office, shop, rugby field, petanque pitch, tennis courtS and beautiful small church.
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