Monday, May 30, 2005
Wine tasting…
We had some more wine to pick up for guests today, and decided to take the opportunity to actually do a visit ourselves! We went to Vouvray and were shown inside a “cave” which goes 3 km into the hillside, having had the limestone dug out of it in the 15th century to be used to construct the chateaux, and now remains at a constant 12°: perfect temperature for storing wine! We were shown around the cave and they explained how they make sparkling wine (can’t call it Champagne as we’re not in that region!) – basically they have to ferment the wine for a second time, and then have to slowly rotate the bottles over a period of time to get the yeast to settle and then get the top off to remove the yeast deposit and then put a cork in – but without losing the bubbles or wine!! It was a good visit and we got to try several wines and bubbly – all for free!! We bought a couple of bottles of red (not Vouvray after all that!! Chinon Red - further west of Tours), and some kiwi jam that is laced with Vouvray wine – sounds odd, but very nice!!
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We had some more wine to pick up for guests today, and decided to take the opportunity to actually do a visit ourselves! We went to Vouvray and were shown inside a “cave” which goes 3 km into the hillside, having had the limestone dug out of it in the 15th century to be used to construct the chateaux, and now remains at a constant 12°: perfect temperature for storing wine! We were shown around the cave and they explained how they make sparkling wine (can’t call it Champagne as we’re not in that region!) – basically they have to ferment the wine for a second time, and then have to slowly rotate the bottles over a period of time to get the yeast to settle and then get the top off to remove the yeast deposit and then put a cork in – but without losing the bubbles or wine!! It was a good visit and we got to try several wines and bubbly – all for free!! We bought a couple of bottles of red (not Vouvray after all that!! Chinon Red - further west of Tours), and some kiwi jam that is laced with Vouvray wine – sounds odd, but very nice!!
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