Taste a rare French wine crafted by the blind community
Raise a glass to Braille! The only blindness organization with its own winery in France, Voir Ensemble crafted this red Bordeaux for the Braille Bicentennial.
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Beneath the canopy of an outdoor tent, Haben Girma gestures to the table beside her as she speaks with an American accent.
Haben: For those of you who love wine tasting, there's an idea for blind tasting: for wine that's actually made by the blind community.
Standing behind the table, Camille Owens--Poussou smiles while holding a dark-colored bottle. She speaks with a French accent.
Camille: The wine of our association Voir Ensemble, in the Domaine du Puch.
The video pans across a close-up image of the table in front of Camille. A box holds six bottles with labels that have tactile Braille as well as print. The print says: Domaine du Puch, Hommage á Louis Braille, Bordeaux. Every bottle has a different image. From left to right the images show: a woman reading Braille with one hand while holding a cello with the other, a man sitting with a glass of wine, silverware, and a plate with dots, a woman wearing a red dress, sunglasses, and holding a cane, a woman walking with a golden retriever guide dog, a man putting on a tie, and lastly a tiny dog hanging out with a German Shepherd wearing a harness while a speech bubble above has visual Braille.
Camille (voiceover): It's a red wine from Bourdeaux. It's made with our workers with visual and other disabilities.
The video switches to Haben.
Haben: These six bottles were made in honor of the Braille Bicentennial. They have Braille on the bottles.
The camera returns to Camille holding a bottle.
Camille: So this is a wine called Hommage à Louis Braille. It's been created for the bicentennial of the creation of Braille. It's a 2022 vintage with a taste of very fruity red fruit. It's light because we don't put the wine in oak. And it's a perfect wine for apertif or cheese.