Where to stay in/near Avignon

[EskimoArapaho]

Planning a road trip, with about 7 days to spend in and around Avignon/Vienne/Tournon/etc. Which means we'd like to find a place to stay. We'll be touring, wine-hunting, etc and want a base to return to each night. And that probably means renting a self-catering house/flat/gite instead of a hotel.

So... any advice on where would be a good base? Inside the city? Or more rural - Les Baux/etc?

TIA!

[EskimoArapaho]

Excellent - thanks for the info, hadn't even thought Airbnb could be relevant. Seems to be a lot of potential places to stay near Avignon on the site.

And it looks like you weren't right in the middle of decent wine country. Did you visit any wineyards for tour/tasting/buying?