Jurançon

This side trip from Pau, actually a southern suburb of Pau, was delightful. We took the city bus to the Cave there, passing a rather large cheese factory along the way. The wine producer here is a conglomerate of various producers. The Cave presses, ferments, and bottles the wines for all the various chateaus. It's such a small producing area that it makes more sense to do it that way instead of each house doing all the work themselves. The facility itself comprises at least three large buildings plus a visitor's center/tasting room. Their gem is the building for aging and bottling. Roman mosaics, found during area construction projects, cover the walls. The storage room is beautiful, with unique lighting. And the wine is pretty good, too!
After the tour, we set off on a jaunt to the village. Pretty flowers everywhere along a small river winding through town.Read more