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| A field with
Syrah in Cordon Royat |
A closer
look at 'cordon' training |
The Gaillard
estate overlooks the small village of Malleval |
The newly
planted vines are protected by blue plastic so as not to become dinner
for some four footed visitor |
This unusual
way of training the vine is called 'taille en archer' (in arch) and is
used in particular for Viognier |
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| This is
Syrah and here they are trained in 'taille en echalat' with supporting
wooden stakes |
Malleval
from above |
Malleval |
Another look
at 'en échalas' |
Pascale
Gaillard in the vineyard |
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A young
vine, maybe three years old |
Small flower
buds on the vine |
A look at
the soil type here in St Joseph |
Cordon
Simple |
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| This rather
unusual way of training the vines, with two supporting stakes forming a
V, each side having wires, is used by a neighbour |
The grape
reception area. Each of the tubes lead to a separate tank |
Almost all
of the work in the vineyards have to be done by hand (or foot).
Spraying, for example, is done carrying this thing on your back and
walking along the rows of vines |
Wooden
barrels being treated with sulphur: inside the barrel, hung on the metal
wire that protrudes from the bung hole, is a 'pastille' of sulphur that
burns and releases a disinfecting gas |
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| The
fermentation vats |
And the
wine barrel cellar |
Some barrels
with 'bond à coté' (left hand row - the bung hole is not on the top),
and some with the bung hole up |
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Another
'pièce' (wine barrel) being disinfected |
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| The main
winery building. It looks almost as taken from the American West - maybe
appropriately for someone who is breaking new ground... |
Pascale
Gaillard |
The winery
is on the plateau away from the river Rhone, a very different
environment from what you see when you only travel along the river, and
has a nice view over some mountains |
Both rain
and sunshine |
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