Ploughing contest: Montrichard

(30th August 2008)

On one of the few hot days in Touraine during August 2008 in Touraine we came across a ploughing contest at La Fosse Richoux, near Montrichard, by the crossroads of the road from Pontelevoy and Montrichard with that from Bourré to Chaumont.

I’ll leave the pictures to tell their story:

More harvest pics

Picking machine of the steeply sloping Maimbray vineyards

Picking machine in Bué at the end of the day

View from Domaine Didier Dagueneau towards Les Loges

Hod carrier@Jacky Blot (Montlouis)

Harvesting around Le Puy-Notre-Dame

(Sunday 19th October)

In the village of Le Puy-Notre-Dame (eight kilometres west of Montreuil-Bellay) the vendange continues into the Sunday with many wineries still in action.

A marc collection (pomace) outside Domaine de Girardie

Pressing at Domaine de L'Enchantoir where
the old basket press meets
the Bucher RPF30 (pneumatic press)

Everyone has gone for lunch....but they were hand picking earlier
for Aymeric Hillaire the new kid on the block at Melaric
who has 3 ha of Cabernet Franc and and 0.7 ha of Chenin.

www.vins-melaric.com

Many thanks to Micaela Frow: www.lagrandemaison.net for the brief report and the photos.