Return to Poil Rouge!
Denyse and I are off on Sunday to beautiful Poil Rouge. Poil Rouge is a hamlet in charming St-Gengoux-de-Scissé, strategically located in the Northern Mâconnais. The locals describe the Poil Rougien life style as being awesome!
The Famous Louis/Dressner Compound in Poil Rouge Sud
It always takes us a while to get set-up. There are cobwebs (in French, they call this toiles d'araignée, mouse nests (in French, they call this un nid de souris, dust (in French, they call this poussiére), house repairs (bricolage) and lots of mosquitoes (moustiques) to keep us busy during the first few days.
We have to set up home and then go to Vinexpo and rub shoulders with all the wine industry bigshots who convene in Bordeaux every two years.
It is kind of like leading a double life. The French countryside remains IPOD free and there is a whole other culture there. Believe it or not, I'm the only person in Poil Rouge with a Blog!
Bricolage!!! That's my favorite French word. I use it to mean many things, though.
Bricolage!!!
You're the only person blogging in Poil Rouge?! I don't believe it! Good news, Dressner! Our EMEA HQ just agreed to set up a blogging store right in bustling downtown Poil Rouge between the bar tabac and the boulangerie to the south of the fountain by the plaque honoring Victor Hugo. All Poil will be flooding the Internet with podcasts, YouTube clips, and pithy insights on the American importer. Absolutely!
Anxiously awaiting your first podcast from Poil Rouge!
I just stumbled upon this great video of the Nantucket Wine Festival. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
http://nantucket.plumtv.com/videos/wine_festival_2007_highlights