A visit to check on the grape harvest. You may be aware that some parts of France are suffering from a poor harvest so we thought we would check on how our 'neighbours' are doing.
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| Black grapes - but not quite yet |
We drove out towards Épernay but turned off as soon as it said "champagne trail". The vines are still unharvested, perhaps because the grapes are still so small. The black ones we looked closely at, are still not quite fully ripe. We suspect that the exceptionally hot weather this weekend may help (the thermometer at Bouzy boasted 34C).
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| Some local names |
So what is Bouzy? Well it is the appropriately named village we ended up at with tens of 'Champagne Houses' to its name. So we took a walk round before driving up to the viewpoint.
Something nice to do on a very hot Saturday.
As always, click on the pictures for a bigger view.
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| P.Louis Martin, a Champagne House. |
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| Viewpoint. Bouzy is on the left. |
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| A barrel garden in the village |
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