On Saturday, June 29th, 2013 our hosts were able to take advantage of a visit organized by l " association faces of our Pilat on two main themes; The visit of the museum of the bargemen to Serrières and the visit of the Domain Boissonnet with its old cellars of + 400 years by way of the history(story) and the architectural heritage of Serrières which was told us by Louis Boissonnet.

SERRIERES Its wine-making history and its Heritage

While walking in Serrières Louis Boissonnet's alleys it is applied to make us discover the evolution of this city since the time Romain until our days. The place of hurdy-gurdy hôspices with its chapel, the half-timbered houses the square of Tromph "Fountain" and the important story of the construction of the first suspension bridge who allowed Serrièrois to cross the Rhône in a few minutes instead of several hours.

Serrières city soaked(filled) by the life of the bargemen having a hard life and put rhythm by whim of the river king " the rhône ". To understand(include) the difficulty of this life it is enough to look attentively at the picture(board) of Dubuisson XVIIIème century showing the harness of horses making "goes back up"("raises") her(it) boats on the Rhône between Valencia(Valence) and Tournon. The visit of the museum allows us through the objects of exposition to understand(include) better this life and these various jobs(businesses) bound(connected) to the river. Fishermen, boatmen (drivers of tubs(ferries,high school diplomas)), radeliers (bargemen leading(driving) wooden rafts), picklocks (men(people) loading(charging) and unloading(unburdening) the goods on quays(platforms)), fustiers (carpenters of navy(marine)), muleteers, smugglers and " pirates of the Rhône " (secret fishermen), ropemaker, etc.
 

The cross of the bargemen

Visite du DOMAINE BOISSONNET.

In this century or everything goes fast and faster and faster it is good, from time to time, to stop to be next to the characters who knew how to remain simple, feet on earth close to the feeder nature.... It is the case of Frédéric Boissonnet, wine grower, who explains us his job, I shall more tell its passion and its talent to understand the vineyard(vine). How to work it, guide it, to spoil it so that it gives us some is years and the weather report this nectar so sensitive to our papillae which we name St Joseph or Condrieu. Frédéric Boissonnet welcomes us with all his user-friendliness and shows us his domain.House and cellar dating 1600s, outside(terrace) vineyard then takes us in room of tasting to appreciate all aromas of wall up, blackcurrant, spices for red wines and white peach, apricot for the Condrieu white wine. We deeply thank Frédéric Boissonnet for his welcome as well as Faces of our Pilat for the organization of this day. Our hosts were delighted.

  ( Definition of Frédéric Boissonnet) What a good bottle?....

It is the one that we finished enter friend for a good moment of user-friendliness..

Tasting between friends

Former cellars or the wine takes with patience its maturity.

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