Hoare Has Harrived (in Vancouver)

Time to break out the double magnums of Sawmill Creek and Peller Estates. :)

Hope he has fun, Tim (Is there a side trip up the Coquihalla in one of your cars planned?)

Hi Bill

sai hi to Ian, have fun, and tell him that I'll think of him saturday night when we crack open the Szepsy 2000 6 putts in Turin...

Mike

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

I doubt I could pry him that far away from a corkscrew.

The weather is less than clement, so the fleet is heading for hibernation in any case.

Will do.

And kindly tell both Ian and Jacquie that at least it was approaching summer time in the antipodes when they visited!!!!!

All the best in good food and fine wine

Lord St.helier

Our sunny Fall weather has turned to sudden precipitation, alas.

Perhaps a crackling fire and a bottle of vintage Port or two will take their minds off the weather.

Pulled an 82 Bordeaux for lunch - figure Ian needs a change from those young rustic country wines he drinks......

another afwer hits Vancouver, have a good time.

JT, from a rather windy and wet island.

There goes the neighborhood.

I hope it was (only) the Latour or Leoville Las Cases.

You promised to keep the Cheval Blanc for when I arrived - *remember*???

st.h

It was a Haut Bailly, and quite presentable.

I let Ian into the cellar when we got home and he kept muttering this mantra that sounded like 'Mouton'.........

Having been to that cellar myself, I can forgive Ian any manner of expostulation. I expect that the gist of his mutterings were "how to sneak these out of the house without Bill noticing..."

Mark Lipton

Your gain is our loss! We had intended our next trip to France to include a visit to La Souvigne and I'd already put some bottles to one side to travel with us. Checked the web site a couple of weeks ago and then made some other arrangements before going back on yesterday evening to finalise it. That's when I found that Ian and Jacqui had shut up shop and gone on their travels. What a bummer! Oh well, I'll stick the bottles back in the cellar and hope we can get something booked for next year. On the bright side, I've decided to use the days to go on a mini-spree either in the middle Mosel or down in the Banyuls area. Sojourner

In the Banyuls area you should consider : Domaine de la Rectorie (Banyuls in many forms, great rose', great reds) La Preceptorie de Centernach (Maury, superb whites and reds) Domaine Rancy (for some old style dry rancio wines) Domaine de la Tour Vieille Domaine Gauby (some expensive wines, but middle range is superb) Domaine des Foulards Rouges (fresh light not so tannic very perfumed reds) Domaine du Clos des Fees (dazzling quality) Domaine Ferrer Ribiere (interesting old vine carignans) Domaine Olivier Pithon (cousin of Loire's Jo Pithon)

On the way there consider Domaine Rimbert (St Chinian) and Leon Barral (Faugeres).

Have fun, and if you pass by AVignon or Aix give a shout, we could meet.

Mike

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