VIN DE BORDEAUX
LES GABARES
DE BORDEAUX
BORDEAUX
APPELATION D'ORIGINE PROTÉGÉE

From Sainte Foy, the river is deeper and the wine trade was dominant. So, we used barges with rounded hulls and much more beautiful. We loaded them with wine and quarry stones. They were going to Bordeaux to sell their cargo. In the port of Bordeaux there were barges from the upper Dordogne and magnificent three masts from America. The exchanges were made on the port. The wine was leaving for Holland or England. The gabariers bought exotic products (sugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton, indigo) but also salt and cereals which they brought back to the country. Today there are still a few barges, some of which are motorized, which are only used for tourist boat trips.