A tisane is an infusion, often herbal tea. This waiter is providing his happy customer with an armagnac, infused with the flavour and colour of the oak vat.
These old rugby players have joined up years after their last match together. The old scrum-half feed them the beer as he did the ball, all those years ago.
'Chair de poule' is the French equivalent of goose bumps. Playing on the word chair/chaise, this one is not happy about being plucked and now someone has already taken her place.
The shepherds of Bordeaux have taken something out of the winegrowers book and automated their shearing. A grape plucking machine has been adapted to shear sheep.