What is "bandol"

Bandol is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

In 1595 the city of Bandol, seat of its eponymous commune, was built around a small military fort.

The Bandol wine region of France, located near the coast east of Marseille and Cassis, is one of Provence’s most internationally recognized wine regions. Built around the fishing village of Bandol, west of Toulon, the Bandol AOC covers the production of 8 communes with silicon & limestone soils. Those soils and the warm, coastal climate are ideally suited for the late ripening Mourvèdre grape which is the major varietal of the region. For both the red and rosé wines, Mourvèdre must account for at least 50% of the blend, though most producers will use significantly more, with Grenache & Cinsaut usually filling out the rest of the wine’s composition.

The bandol, bandola, or criolla mandolin is a string instrument in Trinidad and Tobago with four double courses of strings, totaling eight strings. The lower two courses have one steel and one nylon string each, and the higher two courses have all nylon (or gut) strings. The bandol is used in Trinidadian parang music.