Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre
A great festival every year since 1934 is the annual Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre (the Grape Harvest Festival of Montmartre). The festival takes place next week-end from the 12th to the 14th of October which celebrates the wine from the local vineyards. Each year the festival honors a celebrity with the previous year’s vintage; this year French singer Georges Brassens is the honoree and the bottles will bear his name.
In case you don’t know, Montmartre has been producing wine since the Middle Ages! The vineyards are on roughly 1555 square metres and is comprised of 75% gamay, 20% pinot noir and 5% made up of various other wines such as merlot and riesling. The production of mostly gamay, a wine that one should drink young much like a Beaujolais Nouveau, is very small with only about 1700 bottles (50cl) each year. Price runs about 40 € a bottle.
Okay, enough of a history lesson, back to the festival! Stalls will be set up with regional produce, as well as artists, poets, musicians, distinguished guests, and locals taking part in a parade, fireworks, concerts, and other entertainment and activities during this three day affair! So, be sure to mark your calendar, it’s a party you don’t want to miss!
Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre
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