The First deux nuits a Beaune
May 12, 2008 – 3:46 pm by Philip
Salut mes amis,
Beaune is a great town! At its core it is a Town surrounded by a great wall. But it has sprawled out much further with a one way road that forms a ring around the heart and has about 20 Rue de Faubourgs branching off.
Within the town is plenty of places to eat and drink and eat. Last night we enjoyed a whole Bresse Chicken matched with a bottle of Henri Gouges Nuits-St-Georges ‘Porretts’ 2004. The Chicken was great! I might have a chat to Red Rooster as their standards are sorely lacking by comparison.
I also had a really bad beer, my poor French couldnt get across that it was faulty and his poor English could only point out the beer was French. So no more French beer on the trip.
Dijon is a beautiful city. Lovely churches and old buildings, unfortunately it was a public celebration yesterday (and it was Sunday), so there was nothing open. I got plenty of good photos though.
We are planning to head south today. We’ll work down from beaune to Mercurey in the Cotes de Chalonaise.
Tomorrow we start our visits with a trip to Ghislaine Barthod, I am very excited except I think she doesn’t speak English. Pas de Probleme I’ll survive.
Au revoir,
Phil
One Response to “The First deux nuits a Beaune”
Phil, I don’t think there was such a miscommunication about the beer. You said it was faulty, he said ‘I know, it’s French’.
That chicken sounds like it was named after a Victorian winery, I wonder if there’ll be legal troubles…
Adam
By adam on May 13, 2008