Wine Tasting Day 2 - Moulin Montarels

On our second day in France we attended three more wineries! The first one was a co-operative that worked with many small grape growers to make and distribute their wines. 

Cooperative wine bottlers

Moulin Montarels

This was one of the bigger operations we visited, and they worked with all of the different grape growers to blend wines that appeal to a broad spectrum of people.

Large bottling machine

We had another tour and saw an even larger bottling facility than at the winery the day before. We also saw a table of women peeling labels off wine bottles and hand-placing new labels. We were told that the wrong labels had been inserted into the machine - oopsies!

Vats of wine-y goodness

2014 Sauvignon

Delicious 2015 Viognier

2015 Chardonnay

St. Catherine deJury
80%Grenache 20%Syrah
100% Delicious

2014 Merlot and
2014 Vent de Collines
(60%Syrah 40%Grenache)

I loved that a lot of these wineries had a wine-filled gas-style pump that locals kept swinging by to fill up their house red and house white containers.  One of the gals in our group filled up her Nalgene bottle with wine just because she could! 

House red and house white - pump your own wine 'fill-up station'

I took a few photos as we drove to our next winery. I loved all the houses and their wooden shutters, closed at the peak sunshine times to keep the rooms inside nice and cool. 17th century air con right there! 

Classic wood shuttered houses

Typical French village street