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| Late season bush vines of Roussillon |
Yellowing leaves increasingly blanket
rolling parade grounds without its sweet fruit,
Crimson peppers in scatter break monotony
across many broad Sonoman vineyards.
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| Autumn in Beaujolais |
Clear, crisp skies present starling swarms that cut
swirl sounds over a field settling to rest,
Green pigments absorb no more of its sun,
their cycle evolved as days now grow short.
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| Post Harvest in Burgundy |
Phenolic compounds and sugars matured,
make the seasons wines that we must now vend.
Toil with sweat chase the last rays of autumn sun,
create the circle that I gladly drink!
Raise your glass then to celebrate harvest;
toil now rests in rays of soft fading light.
Raise your glass then to celebrate harvest;
toil now rests in rays of soft fading light.
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| Autumn in hills of Langhe, |
