Sunday – 17th September As a non-working day, coming after the extended evening’s Paulee, and being kept awake by excessive, unwarranted noise into the ‘small hours’, I allowed myself the ‘luxury’ of a decadent lie in until rousing myself around 8.00 a.m. My room mate, Chef Jean-Michel, had already… Read More

Saturday… This was yet another varied and interesting day in more ways than one ! In football (soccer) parlance this might be suitably described as a game (or day) of two halves (parts) ! Let’s get into it. I was up earlier than usual, not sure how I… Read More

Domaine Vendange Team1 Friday Appreciate these are (to be) the words for this Day 6 but I’ve realised I’ve forgotten an aspect of the late evening of yesterday (Day 5) hence, rather than provide such words to Bill, and ask him to edit/add to the Day… Read More

Wednesday – typed 02/10/2023 This was a very interesting day I thought – in retrospect; but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I wasn’t in the best of moods initially, having been kept awake past 2.00 a.m. by the noise made by the blasted Belgians. The morning dawned… Read More

(Typed 24/9/23) Up at 6.09 for breakfast to be ready for a 7.15 departure for Vosne 1er cru Clos Des Reas – part deux. As circa 2 hectares clearly this monopole isn’t a site one can see off quickly, albeit as someone used to Arlaud’s 5ha of Bourgogne Roncevie requiring… Read More

The Italians ‘Acho’ 5 (2) The Italians ‘Acho’ 5 (2) Juliette’s ace hound3 Warning:- Some Doggy Porn (clean pictures of dogs !) will accompany this report 😊 Slept pretty well given I’d been travelling for… Read More

DOMAINE MICHEL GROS VENDANGE SEPT 2023 – JOURNEY TO ARRIVAL Bonjour tout la monde (as one says, en France, in a plural greeting to a number of folk e.g arriving for breakfast) 😊 ! I’ve really, really, missed 2 years away from my spiritual second ‘home’ on the Cote… Read More