THE BACK ROADS FROM REIMS TO EPERNAY THROUGH LES MONTAGNES DE REIMS.
WHY THIS PICTURE? I KNOW IT ISN'T VERY CLEAR. I SHOT THIS FROM LES MONTAGNES DE REIMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW IMPOSING NOTRE DAME DE REIMS IS IN RELATION TO THE OTHER STRUCTURES.
I KNOW...THIS IS NUTS,BUT THAT IS AN ACTUAL LIGHTHOUSE VERY, VERY FAR FROM ANY OCEAN I KNOW OF.
THESE DUDES ARE READY TO SPROUT. FROST CAN BE PROBLEMATIC HERE AS WELL AS BURGUNDY. NOT TOO BAD HERE BECAUSE THE GULF STREAM MODERATES THE WEATHER MUCH MORE SO THAN THE INTERIOR REGIONS OF FRANCE. AS I RECALL, "BUD BREAK" IS TRIGGERED WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS 50 DEFREE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS IN A ROW. I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THESE VINES THAT IT HAILED JUST TWO DAYS AGO.
AH..BUD BREAK IN REIMS. THE WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART HERE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. GENERALLY THE RAIN, WHICH AS BEEN RELATIVELY SPARSE, HAS BEEN WELL MANNERED ENOUGH TO OCCUR ONLY IN THE EVENINGS FOR THE MOST PART. NOTICE HOW FAR FROM THE SOIL THE VINES IN CHAMPAGNE ARE TRAINED, EVEN THOUGH THESE PINOT NOIR GRAPES ARE GROWN MUCH FURTHER NORTH THAN THE PINOT GROWN IN BURGUNDY.
THE REASON THESE GRAPES CAN BE TRAINED SO MUCH HIGHER, IS THAT THE CHALKY SOIL HOLDS THE HEAT BETTER IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION THAN THE ROCKY GRANITE SOIL FOUND IN COTE D'OR OF BURGUNDY. IN FACT, EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, ENGLAND. WELL IN FACT, THAT BAND OF CHALK IS ENORMOUS. IT EXTENDS FROM WELL SOUTH OF THE CHAMPAGNE REGION IN FRANCE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO ENGLAND.
WHY THIS PICTURE? I KNOW IT ISN'T VERY CLEAR. I SHOT THIS FROM LES MONTAGNES DE REIMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW IMPOSING NOTRE DAME DE REIMS IS IN RELATION TO THE OTHER STRUCTURES. 
I KNOW...THIS IS NUTS,BUT THAT IS AN ACTUAL LIGHTHOUSE VERY, VERY FAR FROM ANY OCEAN I KNOW OF. 
THESE DUDES ARE READY TO SPROUT. FROST CAN BE PROBLEMATIC HERE AS WELL AS BURGUNDY. NOT TOO BAD HERE BECAUSE THE GULF STREAM MODERATES THE WEATHER MUCH MORE SO THAN THE INTERIOR REGIONS OF FRANCE. AS I RECALL, "BUD BREAK" IS TRIGGERED WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS 50 DEFREE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS IN A ROW. I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THESE VINES THAT IT HAILED JUST TWO DAYS AGO.
AH..BUD BREAK IN REIMS. THE WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART HERE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. GENERALLY THE RAIN, WHICH AS BEEN RELATIVELY SPARSE, HAS BEEN WELL MANNERED ENOUGH TO OCCUR ONLY IN THE EVENINGS FOR THE MOST PART. NOTICE HOW FAR FROM THE SOIL THE VINES IN CHAMPAGNE ARE TRAINED, EVEN THOUGH THESE PINOT NOIR GRAPES ARE GROWN MUCH FURTHER NORTH THAN THE PINOT GROWN IN BURGUNDY.
THE REASON THESE GRAPES CAN BE TRAINED SO MUCH HIGHER, IS THAT THE CHALKY SOIL HOLDS THE HEAT BETTER IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION THAN THE ROCKY GRANITE SOIL FOUND IN COTE D'OR OF BURGUNDY. IN FACT, EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, ENGLAND. WELL IN FACT, THAT BAND OF CHALK IS ENORMOUS. IT EXTENDS FROM WELL SOUTH OF THE CHAMPAGNE REGION IN FRANCE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO ENGLAND.
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