Moulin a Vent ...Beaujolais

“Bring me a cupful of the warm South”

Took this shot last year deep in the Beaujolais. Oddly unlike all the other grand crus of the southern Beaujolais like Fleurie , Chenas , Morgon and Juilianas There is in fact no commune or village called Moulin-à-Vent. Wines bearing the Moulin-à-Vent appellation (created in 1936) come from the commune of Romanèche-Thorins , and also from around Chénas . The name Moulin-à-Vent comes from on old windmill standing to the northwest of Romanèche-Thorins, now preserved as the last remaining specimen in the Beaujolais. This was until recently sail-less, and will be seen as such on many wine labels, reproductions of old postcards, and in old photographs lining the walls in bars and restaurants, but has now been restored.

I stayed twice in the mid Eighties in a cottage just across the road and passed it every morning on my way to the boulangerie. The windmill reminds me of long sunny days full of good food and the blissful taste of the of the red wine of area

 

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