Wine (3)

With all these labels depicting berets, one would almost believe the beret to be merely folklore; not more than a traditional picture to give the wine a more authentic French image.

Not true, of course!

The whole proces of wine making, from the pruning in the vineyards,

the picking of the grapes to the testing in the cellars, happens in the presence of berets.

The vintner doing his winter pruning in the Loire Valley:

The picker picking grapes in the Burgundy region:

Looking for clarity (left) and testing the wine (right)

And the vintner selling his wine from the farm, like here in Provence:

And then again, labels, of course...