Grape Harvest in Layon!





Chateau Soucherie, Layon (near Angers), hosted our enology class. The Tijou family, owner of the property, collects all the grape by hand.
We started the fantastic experience at 9 am, each participant was given a bucket and scissors and off we went! We harvested Cabernet Franc grapes.
By lunchtime, we had harvested 5000 kilos of grapes – that will give a total of about 5000 bottles of Red Anjou.
The Tijou family knows what hospitality is and we were offered a consistent buffet of regional and home made food accompanied by a lavish display of the property wine production.

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