St. Emilion Region

Bordeaux has more wine regions than we could reasonably

visit, so, in addition to my tour of the Medoc, we drove out

Sunday to St. Emilion, my favorite among Bordeaux wines,

and also said to be the most scenic of the wine areas; here's

one near St. Emilion itself

The grape-picking machines they now use just pick from the

sides, leaving zillions of grapes to rot on the middle part of

the vine; you keep demand (prices) high by keeping supplies

low...

So we helped ourselves; yum, very sweet

and fruity, but not sans seeds; maybe I'll plant a

few

Another chateau; this one turned out to be a hotel/restaurant

At every intersection there are six more chateaux, in each

direction

After visiting St. Emilion the town, we also

managed to find the largest menhir in SW

France, La Menhir de Pierrefitte, about 5

meters tall