After rainy, but still great, Caves Ouvertes the past two years, we were so excited for a sun filled, perfect, blue sky, wine tasting day in the vineyards. We headed out early on foot to make a first stop in Essertines as the caves open at 10am.
Maybe it was the generous pours, but waylaid by tasting in the garden at the first domaine, we had to hustle along the vineyard roads to the meet-up point to continue the day with friends and a parade of scooters and bicycles.
A few Choully stops, a feast of wild boar, classic cars and cameras, poor little Eliot's trip to the ER, bike swapping, tree climbing, more tasting, and finally sprawling on the grass in Peissy. We had a bottle or two stocked for after the tastings finished, and held our position on the lawn longer into the evening. As the crowd disappeared, Derek and I still had the beautiful walk home in the vineyards ahead of us.
