Caveau Collection

The portico in wrought iron on entrance door to Champagne Louis Roederer, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

Un Repas san vins est une journee sans soleil (a meal without wine is like a day without sunshine). Chateau de Nouvelles. Fitou. Languedoc. France

Bottles: Raki me Arra grappa type of spirit, Trebiano Trebbiano, E bardha e Beratit, Kashmer, Shesh i Bardhe. Cobo winery, Poshnje, Berat. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Cellar in an old stone quarry, modern stainless steel fermentation vats. Chateau Belair (Bel Air) 1st, premier Grand Cru Classe, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France

Stairs leading down to the wine cellar. Matusko Winery. Potmje village, Dingac wine region, Peljesac peninsula. Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Big barrel standing in the vineyard with writing painted in white saying Vino, grape bunch
Barrel standing in the vineyard with writing painted in white saying Vino, grape bunch and arrow, Potmje village, Dingac, Peljesac peninsula. Matusko Winery. Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Domaine Jean Louis Denois. Limoux. Languedoc. A glass of sparkling Limoux wine. France. Europe

Chapoutier winery, the storage room for spirits and marc. Chapoutier is one of the few who still have the right to distill alcohol. Tain laiHermitage, Drome, France

A sign outside the tasting room saying caveau de degustation. Chateau Mourgues du Gres Gres, Costieres de Nimes, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe

A polished brass sign at the winery of Louis Roederer saying cave (the wine cellar), Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

In the Chapoutier winery. Stainless steel fermentation tanks, one with Crozes Hermitage 2003 red Meysonniers Bio, Domaine M Chapoutier, Tain l Hermitage, Drome, France

Stainless steel fermentation tanks with on top equipement for doing pigeage"
Stainless steel fermentation tanks with on top equipement for pigeage. Pigeage means pushing down the cap of grape skins that floats to the surface down to get better extraction

The underground winery and cellar in an old stone quarry, Chateau Belair (Bel Air) 1st, premier Grand Cru Classe, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux Gironde, Aquitaine, France

Bottles on top of a barrel, with barriques in the background: Raki me Arra grappa type of spirit
Raki me Arra grappa type of spirit, Trebiano Trebbiano, E bardha e Beratit, Kashmer, Shesh i Bardhe. Cobo winery, Poshnje, Berat. Albania

A view from the winery over the vineyard, hills, a house and in the foreground a glass of local spiced brandy alcohol. Cobo winery, Poshnje, Berat. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Taking a tank sample of red wine from a stainless steel tank into a glass decanter. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Stainless steel cooling coils to cool the must Detail of end points. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Stainless steel fermentation tanks with cooling coils on the outside. Plate cellulose filter in the foreground. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan

Sacks of cork piled in a corner. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Bottles of wine and Albanian appetizers: cheese olives sausage... Cobo winery, Poshnje, Berat. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks in the underground cellar. Detail of door. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan, Europe

Distillation machine still with steel and copper boiler and column to make grape juice spirit. Kantina Miqesia or Medaur winery, Koplik. Albania, Balkan, Europe

The wine cellar and tasting room, walls are lined with bottles stacked in terracotta earthenware tubes. Vinarija Stankela Stanko winery, Medugorje, near Mostar. Medjugorje. Bosnia Herzegovina

The underground wine cellar with old oak barrels for storing the wine. VitaI Vitaai Vitai Gangas Winery, Citluk, near Mostar. Federation Bosne i Hercegovine. Bosnia Herzegovina

Bottles stored laying down piled high in terracotta earthenware tube containers. VitaI Vitaai Gangas Winery, Citluk, near Mostar. Federation Bosne i Hercegovine. Bosnia Herzegovina

Bottles laying down piled high in terracotta earthenware tube containers. VitaI Vitaai Vitai Gangas Winery, Citluk, near Mostar. Federation Bosne i Hercegovine. Bosnia Herzegovina

White rooster in the winery backyard looking down over a ledge getting ready to jump. Vitai Gangas Winery, Citluk, near Mostar. Federation Bosne i Hercegovine. Bosnia Herzegovina

Sign saying Self Service Domaci Proizvodi, Pica Dingac i Ostala, inviting visitors to help themselves to tasting and buying. Potmje village, Dingac, Peljesac peninsula, Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Sign advertising Indijan Vino Dingac, the Indian Winery. Potmje village, Dingac wine region, Peljesac peninsula. Dingac village and region. Peljesac peninsula. Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Winery with self service selling buying of the wine. Warning sign saying beware of Clear Wine With Sediment. Dingac village and region. Peljesac peninsula. Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

BiB Vin de Pays Torgan Rouge. Advertising bag in box wine. Domaine Bertrand-Berge In Paziols. Fitou. Languedoc. The wine shop and tasting room. France

Domaine Entretan, J-C and D Plantade in Roubia. Minervois. Languedoc. Painted steel vats. Concrete fermentation and storage vats, France

Syrah 2005. Chateau Villerambert-Julien near Caunes-Minervois. Minervois. Languedoc. Painted steel vats. Concrete fermentation and storage vats. Sign on tank. France. Europe

Chateau de Nouvelles. Fitou. Languedoc. Barrel cellar. Wooden fermentation and storage tanks. France. Europe

Bacchus. Domaine Pietri-Geraud Roussillon. The wine shop and tasting room. France. Europe. Bottle

Domaine Mas Cal Demoura, in Jonquieres village. Terrasses de Larzac. Languedoc. Stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks. France. Europe. Wine glass

Collioure blanc. Domaine Pietri-Geraud Roussillon. The wine shop and tasting room. France. Europe. Bottle

The new cellar for ageing wine in barrel, rows and rows of oak barriques Chateau de Haux Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux Entre-deux-Mers Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France

Mas La Chevaliere. near Beziers. Languedoc. Tops of tanks for easy access with water locks. Stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks. France. Europe

Syrah and Grenache 2005. Chateau St Jean d Aumieres, Gignac village. Terrasses de Larzac. Languedoc. Sign on tank. Stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks. France. Europe

Ouillage - filling up the barrels - done 16 and 17 September. Domaine Haut-Lirou in St Jean de Cuculles. Pic St Loup. Languedoc. Barrel cellar. France. Europe

In the winery and old red wine press, Domaine la Tourade, Andre Andre Richard, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Vaucluse, Provence, France, Europe

Big wooden vat to store wine, 40 hl hektolitres Joseph Thoret. Ladder leaning against the barrel. Chateau Romanin, Saint Remy de Provence, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France

The aging cellar with oak barrels and larger wooden vats. Chateau de Beaucastel, Domaines Perrin, Courthezon Vaucluse France Europe

Wooden barrels for fermenting and aging white wine. Chateau Romanin, Saint Remy de Provence, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe

Storage vats for aging with sample bottles of wine on the cross bar. Domaine la Tourade, Andre Andre Richard, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Vaucluse, Provence, France

Chateau Romanin, Saint Remy de Provence, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France

Domaine de Terre Megere, Cournonsec, Montpellier. Gres de Montpellier. Languedoc. Barrel cellar. Batonnage, stirring of the lees with a stave. France. Europe

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