Off to Piedmont and Corsica
I've spent the summer drinking older vintages of Beaujolais and Muscadet and now feel a need for some Nebbiolo, Grignolino and a bracing white wine from a field blend of Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato, Arneis and Favorita.
So, we're driving to Piedmont today to visit Luca Roagna, the Bera family in Canelli, Teobaldo Cappellano, Stefano Bellotti at Cascina degli Ulivi and Nadia Verrua at Cascina 'Tavijn.
From there, it only makes sense to get on the Ferry and visit Antoine Areana in Corsica, come back to France, visit some growers in the Languedoc and Rhône, then return to Poil Rouge to drink some more old Beaujolais and old Muscadet.
Yesterday was the first annual Fête du Poil Rouge Sud, a fun day-long event celebrating the cultural diversity and barbecuing talents of our hamlet. The day ended in a marathon pétanque game which finished under clouds of doping accusations.
IN JOY!!!
i once had some of the 95% fruit weight vermentino and boy was it delish!!!
She comes on like a rose
And everybody knows
She'll get you in dutch
You can look but you'd better not touch
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
She's pretty as a daisy
But look out man she's crazy
She'll really do you in
If you let her get under your skin
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
but poison ivy's gonna make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion
You'll be scratching like a hound
the minute you start to mess around
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll cool you and whooping cough'll fool you
but poison ivy's gonna make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion
You'll be scratching like a hound
the minute you start to mess around
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
La la la la
La la la la
Antoine Areana is Antoine Arena. And how are these wines lately? I used to buy some Kermit Lynch, but I think they parted ways a while back.
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