It is 11 a.m., and the unmistakable beat of a helicopter announces itself overhead. In short order, another arrives directly from the airport at Monaco and settles onto the helipad at La Bastide de Moustiers. An arrival on this scale ought not to be a surprise, because this property is owned by Alain Ducasse, the grand fromage of French chefs.
The story of this place began in 1994 with Ducasse riding a motorcycle through the Verdon Gorge (), a destination in southeastern
