Today, we visited several locations in the Lot Valley and along the Lot River
Our first stop was a visit to the market in Prayssac; where a replacement basil plant was found for our herb garden.
Lunch today was at “Le Caillau” a lovely café/restaurant set amidst a vineyard near Puy-l’Eveque.
They also conduct pottery painting classes, you pick out your piece of pottery i.e. cup, plate, teapot, etc. you paint it and then it is fired in a kiln and is ready for your pickup four days later.
The menu du jour was “Spicy sausage with cold rice salad and tomato salsa, choice of apple crumble with ice cream or cheese plate, glass of wine and coffee”.
The food was delicious and the restaurant’s ambiance was warm and inviting.
Next stops were a couple of vineyards.
First we visited “Clos La Coutale” where we purchased a very special corkscrew and of course a bottle of their wine.
The highlight was our next stop at “Clos Triguedina”, where we had a “degustation” tasting of several wines. This vineyard was featured in a book Graeme read several years ago and in 2007 we purchased a bottle of their Prince Probus Grand Cru 2002, which we subsequently gave as a birthday gift to our friend John in Tillsonburg. We received some interesting information about the vineyard and also met the vigneron, Jean-Luc Baldes, who advised that their wines would be sold in Ontario
The stained glass windows depict the making of wine in old days ...and the vineyard is now making a New Black Wine.
Puy-l’Eveque, directly on the Lot River
Our tour continued to the lookout point in Belaye, with panoramic views over the Lot River
After a very interesting drive thru some different roads we arrived in Luzech, another village directly on the Lot River
