Wine fairs eagerly awaited in France.

Foires aux vins : anticipez !

Tout comprendre vendredi 5 septembre 2014
Foire aux vins
© Maxppp

Dès septembre, les foires aux vins reprennent du service dans la plupart des grandes enseignes. C’est donc une occasion idéale pour remplir votre cave avec de nouvelles bouteilles.

It’s September, the wine fairs bring their services out in the open. So it’s the ideal time to fill your cave with new bottles.

Les foires aux vins sont organisées ce mois-ci dans la plupart des grandes surfaces. Beaucoup de cavistes en ville s’y sont mis aussi. Et les sites internet ont emboité le pas. Une manière de faire les vendanges à votre échelle pour ” cueillir ” le vin directement en bouteille, même si les rayons ou votre écran n’ont pas le charme de notre belle France vigneronne.

Pour les magasins, c’est aussi l’occasion de meubler une période un peu creuse commercialement, entre la rentrée et les fêtes de fin d’année mais aussi parfois d’écouler les invendus. Reste qu’on peut dénicher des merveilles si on sait suivre les bonnes pistes.

Interview de Carole Renucci Directrice de la Rédaction de Notre Temps, Magazine qui consacre un dossier sur le sujet ce mois-ci en partenariat avec France Info.

A noter : Sachez qu’il est possible de goûter certains vins. Cela vous permet bien entendu de mieux choisir. Cela se fait par exemple lors des soirées privées qui inaugurent les foires aux vins. Et si vous n’êtes pas un habitué du magasin ou que vous n’avez pas d’invitation, forcez le destin en demandant à parler au responsable du magasin pour évoquer votre projet d’achat. Vous devriez obtenir le sésame pour  vous faire inviter !

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.