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Down South

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We just returned from 2 weeks in the Languedoc, and let me tell you, our trip couldn't have come at a better time. The day before we left I was grumpy and frustrated with Paris. Yes, it happens. In a single day, just two days before we left, I had an unpleasant interaction with a pharmacist, was almost run over by a scooter in a crosswalk just 10 minutes later (and I had the light!), and then the icing on the cake was having to deal with some last minute, ridiculous and time consuming issues at our bank. It felt like time to get the hell out of Dodge for a bit. Autumn is our favorite time in the  Minervois . The intense heat of the summer has broken, yet it is still warm and usually sunny. It's red wine weather, and those intense reds they make down there are perfect with rich, cooler weather dishes like magret de canard, pipérade and  cassoulet . And the colors! If you've never seen vineyards in the autumn, I highly recommend making a trip to see them. One sunny day I went