le 18 septembre dimanche
St. Emilion is a tiny tiny village outside of Bordeaux which is basically the French capital of wine. This village, which one can walk across in 5 minutes, is entirely composed of cave à vins (wine cellars) and restaurants. Outside of the village are all of the vineyards where they make the wines that the city is so famous for. Anyways, a big group of us Californians went for the festival celebrating the first harvest of wine season. The event, called the Jurade de St. Emilion is a BIG deal. Important people in the wine industry from all over the world come and have to wear garb which resembles that of a king’s cape or the pope. First there is a religious ceremony in the church. Then everyone is lead by a band of bagpipe players to the monolithic church for some sort of fancy public conference. Later, all the important people go to the top of the village’s tower and release bunches of black balloons that resemble grapes to symbolize the beginning of the harvest. Pretty cool celebration just for some fruit that will soon ferment, if you ask me! :) It was a really great day and I hope to visit St. Emilion again in the future!
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