AWG's "salade sauvage" man, David from Vendémian, celebrated the 10th
anniversary of his moulin à olives, Rocher des Fées, on Sunday, 4
December, and once again, les absents avaient tort.Fortunately the rain held off, and the fête started with a "fanfare" while visitors circulated and sampled the variety of products from the region - olives, tapenades, oils, saffron delicacies, wines, and more. (I highly recommend the financiers au saffran.)
There were activities for children
as well, and someone commented that it's not often that they are
allowed to "play with fire." David's family and friends provided a
"repas des champs" of soup, rouille de seche with rice, cheese and
dessert for only 10€.
After lunch, there was a very interesting conference about the history of wine in the region, followed by an all-male choir, Les Costards (led by a woman chef de choeur) singing in Occitan, Russian, tsigane, and French (just to name a few of the languages).
The party was drawing to a close at about 4:30pm, so I was able to race back to Montpellier to be at the International Chapel in time for the Carol Sing.
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