Mandelieu-la-Napoule is Cannes without the Croisette. The marinas here sit at the western end of the bay under the red rock of the Estérel, with the Château de la Napoule on the point, and they offer the same access to Cannes — ten minutes along the coast road — with more space, more parking and considerably less theatre.

For yachts attending anything in Cannes, that is the useful part. During the Film Festival, the Yachting Festival, Cannes Lions and MIPIM the town’s own berths are spoken for years in advance and the streets are closed; a berth at La Napoule with a tender or a car into town is how a great many crews actually handle those weeks.

We are fifteen minutes away and deliver here same day by our own van. During festival weeks we plan well ahead rather than working to the day — Cannes becomes genuinely difficult to move around, and an order that could have been landed on the Tuesday should not be attempted on the Friday afternoon. We will say so when that is the situation.

The Estérel behind the port and the Lérins islands across the bay give this end of Cannes a quieter character, and the drinking follows: long lunches, rosé, and dinners that are about the food rather than the front row. We carry every significant Provençal rosé alongside the Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux, all openly priced online.