Vineyard in the Beaujolais area (meaning "Pinkle - Alte"); see under Brouilly.
The southernmost and, with 1,315 hectares of vineyards, the largest of the ten cru sites in the French Beaujolais region comprises the six municipalities of Ciercié, Charentay, Odenas, Quincié, Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne and Saint-Lager. The commune of Brouilly is also known for the history of the vineyard "Pisse-Vieille" (which is also mentioned on the labels), whose name comes from the following event:
an old woman named Mariette from the commune of Brouilly went one day to the church for confession, where a young parish priest had recently been in office. The priest was not familiar with the local dialect and did not know that the woman was hard of hearing. After confession he gave her the order to repent: "Allez! Et ne péchez plus!", which means "Go and sin no more". But Mariette understood "Allez! ..."Go and piss no more." As a devout...
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