And we are off!!

 Heading out on Juniper and dusting off our skills from 2019.  We did fine, and Juniper is running well.  Heading up the Nivernais canal, the only one open now, but we are pleased as it is everyone's top one or two.  

Arrived in Bailly.  A place to tie up, but no power or water.  With our solar panel we will be just fine.  Walked up a bit to the caves for Bailly Lapierre.  The caves were created when they quarried the rock for all of the famous places in Paris.  The Notre Dame, the Arche du Triumphe, and many other cathedrals.  The floated the rock down the river Yonne to the Seine.

Then the caves became a mushroom growing venture.  In 1972 (50 years!) they formed a cooperative and began to produce Cremante de Bourgogne.  It became an AOC (formally recognized) and it produces several types of sparkling wines.  The tour was fun into the caves (an English audio guide) where they store 6 million bottles aging! Tasting and buyi

 


Bailly Lapierre
In the caves looking at wine stored


View from Juniper tied up at Bailly.


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