Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Saturday, February 13, 2010

French Vineyard in Winter

Ever wonder what the vineyards in France look like during the off season? Well, if you were in the Languedoc-Roussillon region right now, this is likely what you would see. . . Empty, mature vines that look more like twisted arms reaching up from the ground. The stone shed is a "Capitelle" or, "shepherd's hut", which once provided shelter for the field workers from the scorching Mediterranean sun.