The last sign

Well, it is, but only in terms of being the last in this series of signs from the village Hautvillers in champagne.

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: a stylised vine leaf, a bunch of grapes and a man harvesting carrying a basket ("hotte") on his back to collect grapes , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Mine is bigger than yours

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: two men in black holding a ple on the shoulders from which (in a religious reference) a giant bunch of grapes hang , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Grapes and corks

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: a vine leaf champagne corks and a bunch of grapes , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

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Pressing

'Pressing' is actually the French word for dry cleaner. How that has come to be I don't know. This is another kind of pressing, still illustrated by one of the wrought iron signs in Hautvillers.

A wrouight iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: a traditional vertical basket wine press , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

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Organic champagne?

Yes, if you can believe this sign.

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: A man and a white horse ploughing a vineyard, Champagne Jean Bliard, Culture Biologique (organic production) , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Pour me one please

Continuing the series of painted signs from Hautvillers in Champagne, here's a wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: a hand holding a wine bottle pouring champagne into a coupe champagne glass , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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It's not a rumour

A painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: Le Remueur - the riddler of the bottles in a vaulted cellar with pupitres , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Pruning and green harvest

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: A man pruning vines with leaves and grapes with secateurs , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Tooling or toiling

An oversized secateur (looking more like garden shears). A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: a secateur on a coat of arms and a vine with bunches of grapes , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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Putting the grapes in the barrel

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: two men putting grape bunches in a transparent stylised vat barrel , the village of Hautvillers, sometimes considered “the birthplace of Champagne” since Dom Perignon worked here, in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France

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Bottling the wine

A wrought iron painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: A man in sitting at a bottling machin and a woman supervising the work, vine leafs and grapes , the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne , Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France.

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