Le vin

I’m not going to mention any names but I know that one or two of you back there in New Zealand are wondering about the wine situation here in the Languedoc. Well I’m here to tell you that actually it’s pretty good. It’s harvest time here and every day the roads are full of guys driving small tractors pulling trailers full of grapes and holding up the traffic. A lot of them are heading for the winery down the road – the tractors pull in, back up and dump the lot into the big bins out the front. Al’s got a friend here who knows a bit about wine, and he reckons that the rose is good to drink straight away, but if you want a good red, try to get something made in 2003, which was a Very Good Year. 2006, incidentally, looks like it will shape up to another Very Good Year. Avoid 2005 at all costs, it was Bad for red wine in this region. Apparently.

So anyway, the winery up the road has a Caveau, where they sell their wine very reasonably by the bottle, or – get this – you can get a re-usable 2 litre plastic cask thing, and they will fill it for less than 5 Euros, if you live in Aniane!! Red, rose or white. We haven’t tried the white yet, and I’m not a red wine person but the rose is going down a treat ... right now ...glug .... clshpo6q-0973....zzzzzzzt......