Local color at the Bistroglo.
In our village, and in the neighboring villages it is Open Caves Days. The village of Turquant is a troglodyte arts and crafts center. There are pottery and glass studios in the the caves as well as restaurants and cafes. We stopped in at Bistroglo for coffee and a glass of wine. With a glass of red wine in front of me and my man beside me I really felt that I had arrived in France.
We walked around the village visiting each of the open studios. We tried the freshly baked fouée (one stuffed with rillette, the other lavished with chocolate) as we walked around.
When we got back home Troglo Phil came by. We walked up the village to the open cave of Bertignolle. We walked through the huge underground warehouse. The grapes are produced in the village of Bertignolle in the Véron region but they have no caves on that side of the river so they make and store the wine in our village. It is a Chinon wine that is barreled for a year then bottled for a year before being released. We sampled the 2006, 2008, and the 2009 as well as a rosé. I liked the 2006 the best.
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