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Chablis

The last day of our wine trip brought us to Chablis.  Just a couple hours from Paris, it's a great destination for the wine lover.  The village is extra charming and there are some great hotels and restaurants to discover.  Of course wine tasting is a de rigueur.   We were trying to find a place we [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:50-08:00May 4th, 2011|Le Trip Tours, Uncategorized, Wine|0 Comments

Burgundy!

  After our long champagne morning we hit the road for Burgundy, part 2 of the French wine adventure.    Burgundy is about three hours away from the Champagne producing region.  Actually Burgundy is a large region.  It's the prime winemaking region, the Cote d'Or, that's about three hours away.   We had to make [...]

Vintage Champagne

This post could also be called "antique champagne" - so ancient was the bubbly we drank Sunday morning. Our final morning in Champagne we spent with Xavier, the oldest son & champagne maker of the Guy Charbaut family, our B&B hosts.  Xavier pulled a bottle of aging rosé champagne to show us that the bottle has been [...]

Nouveau Beaujolais 2009 – Early

Salut Les Amis - It's illegal to sell Nouveau Beaujolais before the third Thursday in November, so I guess I know a lawbreaker.  Someone who shall remain nameless brought home a bottle of the 2009 vintage that he or she got from a wine seller.  Since it's not illegal to open and drink it, I [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:58-08:00November 18th, 2009|Wine|3 Comments

How I Spent My 14th of July, Part II

A few posts back I told you that Annonay, where Pascal's family lives, is where the hot air balloon was invented.  If you don't recall, I bet you will remember it now: The photo is of Pascal's parents house, La Chaumiere, and the hot air balloon floating above it is a regular occurance in the [...]

A Great Little Place in Marseille

The other evening we went to Marseille for a drink.  I discovered the most fantastic place!  It is already ranked as one of my top favorite bars in the world.  It's called La Caravelle and has a great old smokey atmosphere (but no smoke grace à la new cigarette laws), beautiful old furniture with the velvet [...]