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Signposts in Créon: Plaisance, Grand Moueys, la Cheze, Darbalot, la
Loubeyre, Montagne, Potiron, Coteaux, Caillavet, Suau, Belair, Peyrat,
Macquet, Sainte Anne, Lezongars |
A view
over a Entre-deux-Mers hilltop. The landscape is actually much more
enchanting here than in the Médoc |
La
Maison du Fleuve - a restaurant along the river in Camblane Port-Neuf,
between Bordeaux city and Langoiran / Cadillac. Very modern and with a
fabulous view of the river. |
Even the
menu dispaly is very "design". La Maison du Fleuve is at
the end of a small road - you can easily think you are on the wrong
track until you reach the end of the road |
Cafe de
l'Esperance in Bouliac - a very nice, reasonably priced, "classic"
country-style bistro with very good
cuisine |
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| Across
the street is the Ralais St James, a Michelin-starred restaurant and
hotel |
The
church in Bouliac. Bouliac is a pretty little village on a hill with a
beautiful view over the Bordeaux plain on the Graves side of the river |
Back at
the Café de l'Esperance |
Lillet
is the typical Bordelais aperitif - a spiced and sweet mix based on
wine. Ch Haut-Bertinerie is one of the most interesting estates in
Premieres Cotes de Blaye |
Sunset
over Bordeaux, as viewed from Bouliac |
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A
vineyard in Cadillac |
Making
sweet wine across the river from Sauternes. Here, a newly planted
vineyard in Cadillac |
A
tractor, seen from behind, cutting the leaves and branches on the vines:
'rognage' |
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| The
'rogneur' seen from the front |
The
machine is like a gigantic lawn mower, cutting left, right and top |
If you
look closely you can see the branches falling off. Big distance between
the rows here - no need for an 'enjambeur' tractor |
The
grapes grow close to the trunc so they are not damaged |
A view
over Yquem from across the river |
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A
vineyard on the flatland: wide spacing and high training |
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Le
Moulin de Cussol, from which you have the view over Yquem, near
Verdelais |
Chateau
Labatut Bouchard, with outside fermentation vats |
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Le
Moulin de Cussol |
A bunch
of grapes in the process of 'véraison' - changing from green to blue |
A newly
planted vine - première feuille |
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La
Maison de l'Entre-deux-Mers |
Merlot
grapes in 'véraison' |
Vines
trained high and with the leaves covering the grapes removed |
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On the
ground you can see what remains of the leaves and branches that have
been removed to uncover the bunches |
In the
village of Cadillac |
The
Chateau de Cadillac |
Château Rahoul
in the Graves |
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Château Rahoul |
A vine
trained in double Guyot |
You can
also see how branches and leaves have been removed to uncover the
bunches |
A
tractor doing some spray treatment |
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| Merlot,
probably, before 'veraison' |
Château de
France, AC Pessac-Léognan |
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Veraison
has come a bit further along here. Looks like Merlot too... |
...big
waffley leaves |
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| This is
what you get if you do not do rognage - leaves and branches all over the
place |
A
spraying tractor, doing some kind of treatment for Chateau de France |
Bordeaux
city, the Gironde and the Pont de Pierre bridge |
Quai des
Chartrons is where all the merchants used to be. |
A
typical building on the Quai des Chartrons |
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There
are not many negociants left on the Quai. An incredible amount of
renovation has been done and much of the riverfront has been taken over
by more or less trendy restaurants, e.g. Le K Baroque |
Chartrons |
The
famous Bordeaux theater, by the same architect as Chateau Margaux, here
obscured by all the road work completely blocking off most of the city
center until 2004 to make way for the new tram |
L'Intendant, a well known wine shop across the street from the theater.
It's the one with the famous spiral cave |
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| La
Maison des Millesimes, also next to the theatre. They are specialised
in, yes, lots of vintages. Also have a shop in Paris on Boulevard St
Germain |
Magnum,
not far away, owned by GAM Audy |
Le
Noaille, a classic brasserie near the theatre |
And a
bit further away another wine shop: Badie |
Bordeaux
on granite (actually, on the pedestal of a statue of Jeanne d'Arc, as
you find in most French cities) |
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