Duras night market

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I love our evening markets in July & August, its a time to meet with friends & enjoy some lovely food & wine. Each town host's their night market & there is lots of competition between between.

We went to Duras with friends, it was a beautiful balmy night. We decided to eat & drink at Molhiere's, a business run by 2 the brothers Blancheton. Patrick is the vine grower & makes some fantastic wines, one of their white wines is the house wine for the famous French restaurant La Gavrouche in London a Michelin star establishment. We happily can buy it for a fraction of the cost.

François the elder brother runs a very classy little shop & bar in Duras, he is the salesman. His wife Yannick is a beautiful cook, & she was cooking outside the shop on her Plancha. amazing giant Gambas cooked in whisky & cream. You may be a little surprised to hear that she used whisky, in fact the French are passionate about their whisky, they have been close amies with Scotland for centuries. There was a great band playing popular French music & people were singing & dancing, the atmosphere was really fun.

We are looking forward to our biggest day of the year tomorrow, our local wine festival with all the top local wine producers present, a day of wine tasting & sampling lots of our local produce, all under the roof of the ancient medieval Chateau.Watch this space for pictures & news.