Fall in the Minervois valley

It is currently over 20C in the Minervois but fall has arrived with all it's colours. The days are lovely and warm but the night's are cool.
Tomorrow is Halloween which over the last decade has seen children taking up the North American model of collecting candy door to door while dressed in costumes. I've looked high and low but can't find a Donald Trump mask so treats may be limited this year.

A Story About Stones.

We purchased 4 pieces of land around the village of La Liviniere last year. All have magnificent views over the Minervois valley and collapsed structures and crumbling ancient walls on them.
La Liviniere is known for it's dry stone walls. Whether used to build small shelters from the sun or to divide up parcels of land they are impressive. 

I had a visit from someone asking if I knew where he could get a few stones suitable for raising the height of a short section of his garden wall.
I showed him the stones lying around on one property and said he was welcome to a few.
As he was gathering the few stones  a couple of days later the Gendarmes arrived and he was asked what he thought he was doing. 

Explaining that he knew the owner of the land the Gendarmes were having none of it and told him to put them back. Why? He was told the land had a Roman road on it and was a protected world heritage site. Quite the surprise! The stones are resting there in their original location.
Is this true? Is there a 2000 year old section of Roman road on this land. Sounds like an interesting research project. 
If you would like to buy a plot of land with history attached to it contact me. Along with the views there are lovely trees, an ancient mill stream and several kinds of wild orchids on the land and all a short stroll from the center of the village. How many people do you know that own a bit of the Roman empire?

The harvest is coming to a close. This is the last of the big mechanical harvesters I've seen. There is still some hand picking going on in the higher elevations.
The days are shorter and the mornings are cooler but it's still lovely to have lunch on a sunny terrace.
Years with a five in them are thought to bring in a good crop and this certainly appears to be the case this year. Sweet grapes full of flavor should make fine wine.