19 - 20 May 2018 Caves Ouvertes

IMG 7854 Day 1 of Caves Ouvertes started... IMG 7855 at the Hodler and Lac Léman exhibit in Pully IMG 1803 no photos of art but we got the book IMG 7857 blossom
IMG 1804 walking up from Villette with Claire IMG 7858 people tasting on the terrace IMG 1806 first tasted 14 years ago at Rotstockhutte IMG 7859 streetscape
IMG 7860 balcony scape IMG 7861 landscape IMG 7862 met the Rickermanns and friends in Grandvaux and walked back with them to Epesses IMG 7863 pratical hiking clothes and shoes
IMG 7865 Chasselas at the start of growth IMG 7867 selfie in the vines IMG 7868 crazy house in the vineyard IMG 7869 test rose
IMG 7870 rose IMG 7872 Luc Massy, John McPhee subject IMG 1807 tasting at Massy's domaine IMG 1808 with Claire
IMG 1809 Luc Massy and his older son IMG 7873 his product IMG 7874 IMG 7875 wine made in Lavaux from Montreux grapes
IMG 7876 and Plant Robert again IMG 7877 another local landmark IMG 7879 Claire and Greg in another Lavaux location IMG 7880 boat on the lake
IMG 7881 Lavaux Léman art IMG 7882 IMG 7886 view from Epesses IMG 1810 Basile Monachon
IMG 1811 clouds gather IMG 7887 Epesses IMG 7889 more dramatic effect IMG 1815 maybe a little hard with oil pastels
IMG 7890 vineyard detail IMG 7891 the boat chug on IMG 7892 monorail IMG 7893 into St-Saphorin
IMG 7895 dramatic sky to the west IMG 7897 wait at the bell tower IMG 7898 it was hopping! IMG 7899 the Swiss version of ZZ Top
IMG 7902 we met Marilyn and Jim from several years ago IMG 7903 now retired and settled in Corsier IMG 7904 dinner back on the balcony with Claire IMG 7905 Le Grammont
IMG 7906 Les Dents du Midi IMG 7908 more D du M IMG 1824 More irises! IMG 1826 gorgeous
IMG 1828 Christine and Claire in Rolle IMG 7909 lake front in Rolle IMG 1829 the English Garden was not noteworthy IMG 1832 we took a bus up to the very top of La Côte near the forest
IMG 1833 the view to the lake IMG 7910 a new discovery: malakoffs IMG 1835 staying on the contour IMG 1836 storm brewing over the Jura
IMG 1837 dropping down the hill IMG 7911 where we found another good bottle IMG 7912 and bought one IMG 7913 blinding our guests on the balcony
IMG 7914 with a shower and rainbows behind us IMG 7915 a double! IMG 7916 and a nice sunset IMG 7917