For Brian
Every night dinner is served with an a abundance of pilgrims and wine. Each region of France we've walked through is fiercely proud of it's local wine (except for the Aubrac, which is fiercely proud of it's cows).
Last night our hosts served up their favorite from the region
I think it's a Malbec, very dark, but unlike the Malbec's I've had at home, not so anxious to dissolve your teeth.
Only the local cheese is cherished with more passion than the wine. Having run out of cheese (again) for our standard bread/cheese/chocolate picnic lunch, we stopped at a little convenience store in tiny roadside town, picking up a wonderful sheep cheese, proudly made in that town, likely by the farmer across the road.
Last night our hosts served up their favorite from the region
Only the local cheese is cherished with more passion than the wine. Having run out of cheese (again) for our standard bread/cheese/chocolate picnic lunch, we stopped at a little convenience store in tiny roadside town, picking up a wonderful sheep cheese, proudly made in that town, likely by the farmer across the road.
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And the wine? From the Chicago Tribune:
"Black wine is back: You know about red, white and pink wine. Now let's expand the color palette to include the black wine of Cahors. Relax: There's no squid ink or cuttlefish in play. "Black wine" is actually red wine — a very dark malbec.
Cahors (pronounced "kah-OR") is a small town on France's Lot River, but it also lends its name to the red-wine region in southwestern France that is the ancestral home of the malbec grape. The wine of Cahors was beloved in Europe as far back as the Middle Ages.
Both the wine's color and personality — broad-backed, usually in need of some aging or at least some time to catch its breath in a decanter — earned it the "black wine" nickname centuries ago, and those highly tannic wines are still being turned out. But contemporary Cahors producers also make malbecs that are generally easier to get along with."
Our feet have been asking for a break, so after today's ~17 mile walk, We'll probably take a "rest" day to explore the old town.