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Tag Archives: France
Thirsty Thursday: Carmenere, Lapostolle, Casa Grand Selection, Rapel Valley, Chile, 2011
This Thirsty Thursday travels to South America (figuratively) while keeping a firm toe in France.
Back in 1994 Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle started buying vineyards in Chile. She could thanks to her middle name, Marnier. Yes, that Grand Marnier. Being the great granddaughter of the world’s most famed liquor helped, but Alexandra had greater ambitions. Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle, Carmen Sandiego, chile, France, Grand Marnier, rapel valley, Red wine, Vistalys, wine
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Dijon: Cremant de Bourgogne
No more messing around. No more obscure regions like Bugey or Jura as posted last Monday. It’s high time this EU Austerity Drinking Tour got serious. It’s time for Burgundy, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. Before leaving Lyon and the Rhône … Continue reading
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Tagged André Delorme, Beaune, Blanc de Blancs, Crémant de Bourgogne, France, lyon, NV, RHONE
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Drinking in Lyon: Bugey Pinot Noir and Jura Chardonnay
This Monday finds us 126 days deep into our EU Austerity Drinking Tour: our post-WSET Advanced attempt to (cheaply) drink our way through Europe’s great vineyards, breweries and distilleries.
Last Monday’s post visited Lyon’s Roman ruins, a Crozes-Hermitage under $10, and big, pretty churches. Today, we wake to omelets and cappuccino in our home stay. The Metro then slingshots us to the Lumiere estate. Apartments have mostly replaced their photo factory, but one vestige remains: Continue reading
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Tagged Bugey, Côtes du Jura, Cellier de Lacuzon Chardonnay, Domaine Pignier, France, France 2008, Geneva, lion, Lumiere, lyon, pinot noir, silk, wine, WSET, Yves Duport
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Damp in Lyon: Crozes-Hermitage, Roman Theaters, Basilica, Cathredral and a Big Clock
25 Days into our EU Austerity Drinking Tour, we leave Avignon reinvigorated for Lyon (see last Monday’s EUADT post).
Highs and low punctuate the experience. We nearly miss our train because Avignon has not one station, but two. Yet we catch the last bus to the TGV speed train. It flies up the gorgeous Rhône Valley like a whisp of a cloud on the wind.
The vineyards of Cornas and Crozes-Hermitage sprawl everywhere. In little time our train deposits us in Lyon. The city is an urban sprawl. It renders Avignon quaint, parochial. Children beg and grope as we swap to the Metro. However, our Lyon apartment is spacious and the kitchen wonderful. We try to go out. Then it pours. Continue reading
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Tagged Cave de Tain, Crozes-Hermitage, France, lyon, Notre Dame de Fourvière Basilica, Syrah
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