Ortolan bunting
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The ortolan, also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name
Ortolan bunting in Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain
Ortolan bunting bird mount preparation
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Armagnac
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Armagnac is a brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle blanche and Ugni b
Ortolan bunting
…young. For centuries, a rite of passage for French gourmets was the eating of the Ortolan. These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Armagnac—were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some…
A Baronne Jacques de Saint-Pastou, 1956
Vineyards in the Armagnac region near Landes and Gers
Column still, domaine d'Ognoas, Arthez-d'Armagnac, Landes, 1936
Column still, domaine d'Ognoas, Arthez-d'Armagnac, Landes, 1804