Vineyards are the very symbol of my region. Unfortunately enough there are fewer and fewer vineyards left in the Montpellier area.
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Are there any local wines you especially recommend when we visit there in June? I hope we have a balmy evening; I'd like to sit in a cafe into the evening a sip a local wine....
RépondreSupprimerPerhaps you should take Sally out to one of these lovely vineyards. I hope that one can sit outside and sip, - hopefully a thing that our two cultures have in common.
RépondreSupprimerAnd make sure sally has her camera with her, we need to see the results !
Vinyards are common west of where I live in Ontario but the building in your photograph is very different! It's charming. What is it used for?
RépondreSupprimerC'est dommage. Serait-ce une petite maison de vigne ?
RépondreSupprimerwith what are the vineyards replaced ?
RépondreSupprimerYour region is acquaintance in all the world for the marvellous wines, perhaps because you make strict lopping.
RépondreSupprimerI wish is good the year and you have good production!
The lodge in the depth of photograph really beautiful for B&W photos
A shame the vineyards are disappearing. I suppose everything is run by "big business" now. The place in your photo is charming.
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This nice little house is named:"a mazet"(very little"Mas")
RépondreSupprimerIt's used during"les vendanges"in september by the "vendangeurs",the workers who cut the grapes, pick up them and bring them to the "coopérative"where the vine is done.
Sth of France with no vineyards - perish the thought -!!!!
RépondreSupprimerBeautiful photo Marie - perfectly framed.
Marie, you have Vineyards, we have Orchards. You get the wine, we get the nuts...is that fair?
RépondreSupprimerLOL :)
The famous vineyards of France for no less famous french wines! Nice photo.
RépondreSupprimerThe slow disappearance of the vineyards of Languedoc is highly controversial. The authorities of the wine business would say it's because of overproduction. They've been trying to persuade the local vignerons to switch to fruit production for as long as I can remember. Thousands of hectolitres of local vin de table is converted to industrial alcohol every year. They also point to the fact (undeniable, actually) that Languedoc wine is not of particularly fine quality. The vignerons respond (with some colère, often) that their output would not be considered overproduction if mass imports of cheap wine from North Africa were stopped. On the quality question, they point out that the laws are over-restrictive. In my village, for example, no grape variety other than carignan may be made into wine. By the way, my property is a 'Mas' very similar to the one in the picture. It was built centuries ago by amateurs, partly as a way of clearing the land of its huge volcanic rocks. The walls are over a metre thick!!
RépondreSupprimerSally: See if you can find wine from St. Georges d'Orques. It's a small commune immediately west of Montpellier with a good reputation. If you have transport, I really recommend a trip to St. Saturnin de Lucian. Picturesque village with fine wine and a café/restaurant whose proprietor is a serious wine buff. You can see some pictures of the village on the Hérault blog.