So the third day we were there, the Auxerre TI was sponsoring a "
fleurs de vigne" wine tour, an "
escapade au coeur des de 'Yonne," offering visits to as many as 30 wineries in 6 of the nearby wine villages. This is not the Cote d'Or, but it
is Burgundy, including Chablis. 5E per
personne, plus you get to keep the glass and little bag. We, even Vicki, couldn't resist. We didn't get started until after lunch and had to spend a little time in every village waiting on the five or so circulating "oeno buses." I probably got to 4 of the villages and perhaps 10 wineries, and nearly every one had someone who spoke enough English to make it a great learning experience, about the wines and especially about trends in the industry.
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Cute little bag, bottle, and itineraire |
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As I observed in a previous post, Burgundy has many small, owner-managed vineyards...here we are going to see some of these family-owned and operated vineyards...the household dog comes to sniff |
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So essentially you walk into someone's house, and maybe there's a a bar and tables or maybe not |
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Two comments: 1) it's all a family thing and 2) I really want a bottle tree like this |
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QED |
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Alas, I am away from my notes and cannot remember all the villages; the main one was Irancy |
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Great pride among all these people in their work |
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You walk into someone's house to the tasting room--hard to ignore the kitchen, a real French kitchen--beyond the garage maybe is the warehouse, and beneath it all are the caves |
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Cave |
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Warehouse, packaging, shipping |
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Pride |
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Vicki generally took a sip, poured the rest into my glass, and then explored the village churches, some of which were quite large...these villages have been prosperous for some time |
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Another chateau (the balloons designate a participating winery) |
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One of the villages |
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Oeno tractor approaching.. |
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Typical...grains in the flat, low land; vineyards and orchards higher up; managed forest on top |
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Rouge |
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I bought a bottle of Chablis from this place |
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Someone's treasure |
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One of the quite large churches |
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Oeno-monster |
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One of the several wino buses |
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I just barely made the final Wino Bus, and missed this one last cave, which was dug into the mountainside; next time |
1 comment:
Oh, this looks like our kind of tour! What fun!
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