Last year, at this time, I was in NY, where I live, and we had a lot of snow. I still remember that it was so beautiful.
This year, I am back in France, in my village, for the holidays and what did I get? Snow!!!! I woke up this morning, had my coffee, took my camera and went into my family’s vineyard. At this time the sun started to warm up a little bit; I had a huge sensation of peace, it was awesome–a beautiful and quiet environment, perfect to relax.
It is a bit exceptional, because we do not have snow every winter in this area (Bordeaux, Entre deux Mers). It is time for pruning in the vineyard. You can see that some are done (picture in the middle) and some not yet. You have several techniques to prune your vines. In this area my family practices the simple or double Guyot pruning for the Cabernet and Merlot grapes. In the South of France, we practice more the Gobelet pruning, especially for the Grenache grape.
During my trip around the vineyard, I was accompanied by two very good friends:
There are so cute!!!! I could not bring them with me; Vania (left), she is quiet, very nice and is always ready to play. However Vupsy (right), he is big traveller (lol). You take your eyes off of him for just few seconds and he disappears. The problem is if one leaves, the other follows.. Not good! They stayed around the house but when I came back I gave them a huge hug and some kisses and everything was alright 
Happy holidays!