Le dernier jour complet à Lodève
Market day in Lodève! We love market day, as does most of the local populace. It is always a lively scene and a plethora of goods awaits. We mostly use it to get unusual food items, such as the wonderful Agen prunes and some different cheeses. There are also lots of fresh vegetables and fruits available, which we usually take advantage of. Today's purchases consisted of: the aforementioned prunes, some fairly new fromage de brébis, pain rustique and some bananas and carrots.
After a leisurely morning touring the market and having a second café, we packed our lunch and headed just southeast of Lodève. We wanted to make a couple of winery visits after lunch, which we did. One of the places we went to (Château Vaillé) didn't know that they had made it into the 2006 Guide Hachette. They told us that they'd received mail asking them if they wanted to buy the little collars for the bottles that announce that a wine has been chosen, but they were very confused because they didn't think they had been! So, they were most interested when we showed them our copy of the Guide and read their entry very carefully.
We said goodbye to Blandine and Robert (the hotel proprietors) earlier today as they won't be here tomorrow when we leave. They are extremely nice people and we have enjoyed our stay very much, in large part due to their hospitality. Blandine left us some special apéritif wine and some olives and gave us explicit directs to drink to their health that evening. So we did (see photograph below)! When we poured the wine we noticed that it was from one of the châteaux that we had just visited in the afternoon! Considering the number of châteaux in this area, it was a pretty amazing coincidence.
Dinner tonight was once again at Sauveurs du Grand Sud - their food is just too good to pass up. Steve started with a salad and Susan with soup and for the main, we both had tajine jarret d'agneau avec pruneaux, abricots et pomme de terres and we enjoyed the same wine that we've had there before, Le Plo Dalia.
Another lovely day - 2.5 on our scale. We are enjoying the great weather while we can, because it looks like some very cold, wet weather is heading our way. But, we'll worry about that tomorrow!
Susan and Blandine
Château Vaillé in the village of Salèlles du Bosc
À votre santé Blandine et Robert!
For Murray Sr. - variation on a theme
Dinner wine that we've enjoyed three nights
After a leisurely morning touring the market and having a second café, we packed our lunch and headed just southeast of Lodève. We wanted to make a couple of winery visits after lunch, which we did. One of the places we went to (Château Vaillé) didn't know that they had made it into the 2006 Guide Hachette. They told us that they'd received mail asking them if they wanted to buy the little collars for the bottles that announce that a wine has been chosen, but they were very confused because they didn't think they had been! So, they were most interested when we showed them our copy of the Guide and read their entry very carefully.
We said goodbye to Blandine and Robert (the hotel proprietors) earlier today as they won't be here tomorrow when we leave. They are extremely nice people and we have enjoyed our stay very much, in large part due to their hospitality. Blandine left us some special apéritif wine and some olives and gave us explicit directs to drink to their health that evening. So we did (see photograph below)! When we poured the wine we noticed that it was from one of the châteaux that we had just visited in the afternoon! Considering the number of châteaux in this area, it was a pretty amazing coincidence.
Dinner tonight was once again at Sauveurs du Grand Sud - their food is just too good to pass up. Steve started with a salad and Susan with soup and for the main, we both had tajine jarret d'agneau avec pruneaux, abricots et pomme de terres and we enjoyed the same wine that we've had there before, Le Plo Dalia.
Another lovely day - 2.5 on our scale. We are enjoying the great weather while we can, because it looks like some very cold, wet weather is heading our way. But, we'll worry about that tomorrow!
Susan and Blandine
Château Vaillé in the village of Salèlles du Bosc
À votre santé Blandine et Robert!
For Murray Sr. - variation on a theme
Dinner wine that we've enjoyed three nights
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