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Greetings from Beaune

May 11, 2008 – 5:03 pm 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 eyes was replaced with white knuckled terror as we hit the Autobahn. Eventually we reached Zeltingen a beautiful town in the Mosel that at 6am is completely closed. We got some directions and headed to Bernkastel with is a 'bustling Metropolis' by comparison. The quality of the breakfast heralded the quality of the food overall and so a quick walk around the beautiful old town sitting directly in front of a walk of non-stop vines a then a lunch with a few beers perked us up. The tour and tasting with Desiree from Dr Loosen was amazing! 2007 is an ...

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The Mosel turns it on

May 10, 2008 – 5:50 pm by Cameron
So first stop on the itinery is the Mosel. The weather has been unseasonably good, and we have beed treated to 3 great visits. 1st was Dr loosen, with a tour of all his vineyards and tasting of many of the 2007´s, which I will say is shaping up to be a terrific vintage. This was followed by a visit to 2 of the regions greats - Egon Muller in Saar, and then back to Wehlen in the Mosel for a visit to JJ Prum. Hard to say which was the greater, but needless to say they were all very impressive wines. What I can say is keep an eye out for the 2007 JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Auslese (in about a year) which was amazing (amongst many other great wines). Next stop, Beaune.

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Bon Voyage

May 4, 2008 – 10:08 pm by Cameron
It's not long now before Phil & I jet off on our first trip to Burgundy. We've got plenty booked up and with the weather picking up, it should be a great tour.

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