Another taste of the local culture (and of course the produce!), La Ronde du Malepere, was an odd event which combined wine tasting with the most enormous vide grenier / car boot you have ever seen. Based in a village about 10 minutes away called Alairac, we had to climb to the top of the village weaving past everyone's old crap to get the bit we had gone for - the wine tasting! Armed with a glass you can go around the various "domaines" sampling and buying any which take your fancy.
We managed to carry a few bottles as well as the girls back down through the village, and went home feeling like we had seen another glimpse of real French life!
Update - We now know a bit more about this event. The AOC Malepére is the wine producing region we live in, and this annual event takes place over two days, but is held at a different village in the region each year with local Caves from the region sampling and selling their wares. We also found out afterwards, that rather than the plastic glasses we used to sample with, we could have bought a commerative engraved glass one instead. Oh well... maybe next year...
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