18 February 2019
Mérille was once very common around here, in Saint-Pierre de Mons
This inspired us to replant it.
This grape variety can still be found across much of the South-West, but no longer in Gironde.
Photograph taken from the Traité pratique de viticulture (1900) by Joseph Daurel, scanned and available on the excellent Babordnum from the Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin
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