My husband has been in the fine wine business for 23 years now and we both enjoy wine at dinner. I frequently cook food based on wine choices. And I have been fortunate enough to go to the "wine country" here in the U.S., France, and Italy.
Several years ago, while in France, we visited the wine country in Burgundy. It was early autumn and harvest had begun. The sights and smells were wonderful. Workers, young and old, were picking the ripe fruits. This was the first time I had witnessed the grape picking and it was busy, busy, busy, trucks laden with the fruits of wines-to-be bustling down the dirt roads of the vineyards, onto the narrow pavements of French villages, to the various wineries for crush. There was a sense of adventure in the air. Driving on the small dirt roads right next to the vineyards we would stop to look at the various types of grapes, see how some rows had been picked and some hadn't been yet, wondering how the determinations were made to let some grape clusters sit and others be harvested already. All this was a mystery to me, but to some great winemaker, it was most likely common sense.
Burgundy is the home to some of the greatest wines on the planet, so there is a special sense of pride that permeates this region. The food is magnificent, as is the wine. We were out in the country, not in the cities, and the people that we met who lived in the surrounding areas were charming and gracious. Our time spent there was magnificent. This is the result of that visit and I hope you can go to this region of the world sometime. Tres magnifique!
"Old Burgundian Farmhouse", 14"x11" pastel, sold unframed, $315 s&h included
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