Vineyards at the gates of Paris ? Yes ! Part 2.

The Ile-de-France vineyards to discover during your travel in France ;))

1. Vineyard of the presbytery garden of the church Saint-François-Xavier (75007 PARIS)

2. Vineyard of the Parc de Bercy (75012 PARIS)
Year of planting: 1996
Surface: 660m²
Number of feet: 350
Grape varieties: Sauvignon, Chardonnay
Production: 250 litres
Table grapes: Chasselas de Fontainebleau, Muscat de Hamburg, Muscat de Saumur, Sopieta de Frankental

3. Vineyard of the square Félix Desruelles (75006 PARIS)

4. Vineyard of the park Georges Brassens (75015 PARIS)
Year of planting: 1983
Surface: 1200m² Number of feet: 720
Grape varieties: Pinot noir, Perlette, Pinot Meunier
Production: 200 to 600 kilos depending on the year
Table grapes: Chasselas de Fontainebleau

5. Vineyard of Paris-Bagatelle (75016 PARIS)

6. Vineyards of Montmartre (75018 PARIS)
Year of planting: 1932
Surface: 1556m² Number of feet: 1762
Grape varieties: 27 different including 75% Gamay, 20% Pinot and a few feet of Sibel, Merlot, Sauvignon blanc, Gewurztraminer and Riesling.
Production: 1000 kg

7. Vineyards of Butte Bergeyre (75019 PARIS)
Year of planting: 1995
Surface: 600 m²
Number of vines: 60 white grape and 180 Pinot Noir vines
Grape varieties: Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Muscat, Chasselas, Pinot Noir
Production: 175 kg of grapes or about 115 liters of juice after pressing

8. Vineyards of the Parc de Belleville (75020 PARIS)
Year of planting: 1992
Surface: 250m²
Number of feet: 140
Grape varieties: Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay
Production: 2 to 3 kilos per foot Vines in the Paris region

9. Clos de Montapeine in Coulommiers (77)
Sauvignon and Chasselas grape varieties are maintained in this family property a little apart since the place is mainly intended to help wine enthusiasts meet, learn to prune, harvest… For a production of a hundred bottles per year.

10. Vineyards of the Caves, in Pecq-Saint-Germain (78)
Replanted under the Terrasse of the famous architect Le Nôtre in May 2000. The two thousand vines come from a grape variety.

Did you know it?

Since 1934, every second weekend of October, Montmartre is celebrating its wine tradition and welcoming the arrival of the new cuvée of its vineyard Le Clos de Montmartre.

A vineyard that covers 1556 m2 and has 1726 vines for an annual production of 1900 bottles (1100 in red, 800 in rosé).

Written by Dr. FX