Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 by Philip
Bonjour (or it should really be Gutten Tag),
We are sitting in the Qantas lounge in Frankfurt awaiting our midnight flight. While I am not looking forward to the experience I can certainly remember the good times. And there has been a lot since we last posted.
We drove from ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 by Philip
Hello All,
After the big night with Cyclone Marks and witnessing first hand his amazing ability to make friends and steal their beer, we had a little sleep in and then a relaxing drive to the Jura wine growing area. Due to the later start we arrived at lunch time ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by Cameron
Yesterday began with a great tour of the Josmeyer cellars, and a very informative barrel tasting of wines with Jean-Meyer. From Pinot Gris to Gewurztraminer to Riesling to Pinot Auxerre and back again, we certainly learnt lot, and walked away with a greater appreciation of the work that Josmeyer do. ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008 by Philip
Bonjour/Gutten Tag,
We are in rainy Munster just outside of the Alsace growing area as I type. We are in a beautiful hotel and about to enjoy (hopefully) a nice dinner. Fingers crossed there is Munster on the menu. Although with the amount if Citeaux I've been eating more cheese is ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008 by Cameron
As we roll into day 9 of our tour, Phil & I were looking forward to cutting back our 3 visit days to a more manageable 2 visit. Little did we suspect the our first visit today would be a marathon 5.5 hours!
We began with a vineyard tour to many ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Philip
Bonjour Mes Amis,
What a day! First I have to say that Cam very generously did not pull rank and took his turn as DD today. I did appreciate that and I think it shows in my ability to type tonight.
We started off with a lazy tour of the ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008 by Philip
Bonjour,
We had a big day today. First up, Jean Grivot in Vosne. We tried the 2008s from cask. All of which were going through malo so weren't looking top notch but somehow the Clos Vougeot with its darkness, and muscular frame, the Echezeaux with its perfume and finesse and the ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 by Philip
Greetings,
We had our first visit in Burgundy today. It was with Ghislaine Barthod in Chambolle Musigny.
She is tiny making wine only from Chambolle (plus Bourgogne from just over the road). But the wines are sensational. She showed us from 2006 her Bourgogne, Chambolle Musigny, Chambolle Aux Beaux Bruns ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008 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 ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008 by Philip
Hello All,
Given I've been slack I will give you the cooks tour of Germany, rather than the planned hour by hour commentary I know you all want.
After 19 hours on the plane I felt pretty well out of sorts and ready to pass out for a while. But bleary ...
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