And we're off....

I know readers are dying to know the details of my personal life since we arrived in Poil Rouge.
  • We arrived last Tuesday in the rain and had nothing to eat at home.
  • We ate Pizza at La Dolce Vita in Mâcon. We ordered a carafe of delicious plain Beaujolais from Marcel Lapierre. It had no color, no intensity and was lovely. This may be the only pizzeria in the world which carries Poulsard from Pierre Overnoy, Fleurie from Yvon Metra, Dard & Ribo and Henri Roch in Vosne-Romanée. Mâcon rocks!
  • The weather has been unbearably hot since Wednesday
  • I mowed the lawn
  • Denyse took care of our bushes, flowers, trees and plants
  • Buster ate lots of grass
  • We are at one with nature
  • Jean-Paul Brun is releasing his Beaujolais as Table Wine



  • We ate a lot of saucisson
  • We drank a 1992 Clos Vougeot from Amiot-Servelle with no color, no intensity and which was just lovely
  • We drank a 1999 Côte du Py from Louis-Claude Desvignes which was way too young
  • We drank a 1996 Mas des Chimères which was dark, intense and just lovely
  • We drank a 2000 L'Ebrescades from Marcel Richaud which needed time to open and should have been decanted but bordered on the profound
  • We bought a flamethrower to destroy weeds in our courtyard, allowing us to avoid using Round-up. I'm looking for a homeopathic treatment so I can declare our courtyard in biodynamie
  • Windows Vista sucks and keeps crashing
  • I finished Neal Rosenthal's book
  • Received a phone call from Interpol about possible criminal activities in Poil Rouge
Today, we are off for a two week tour of the Loire Valley. France has had a big bout of mildew throughout the viticultural regions and the past two months have been pretty dismal. Lots of rain and cool weather.

The summer coincided with our arrival.

I have to pack and leave or we will be late seeing Pierre and Monique Luneau. It is a long drive to the Muscadet from Poil Rouge, nearly seven hours. I've primed the GPS and filled the tank and am looking forward to fighting sleep as I drive toward Nantes.

See you soon.


- Joe Dressner 6-23-2008 5:49 am


Forget the flamethrower - rent a goat.
- anonymous (guest) 6-23-2008 12:05 pm


what did you think of neal book?
- anonymous (guest) 6-23-2008 7:06 pm


THe guy in the photo looks like if he ate some saucisson he'd turn into a weasel!
- anonymous (guest) 6-24-2008 3:49 am


My kingdom for a biodynamic flamethrower!!!!!
- anonymous (guest) 6-25-2008 3:54 am


Safe travels!
- anonymous (guest) 6-25-2008 12:30 pm


I grew tired half way through reading this. Did you tell everyone about your new and awesome tent you bought at Decathlon?
- anonymous (guest) 6-28-2008 5:57 am


Just got back from a wonderful production by the SF Opera of Das Rheingold and am drinking Larmandier-Bernier Champagne Brut Tradition Premier Cru while listening to a Mozart Piano Sonata. The wine has virtually no color and is profound. Life is good. Thank you.
- anonymous (guest) 6-29-2008 5:13 am


I had a Cuvee Buster Saturday; it had no color and no grass!
- anonymous (guest) 6-30-2008 3:39 pm


howdy, mr.dressner, howdy.
- Joe Dressner 7-04-2008 6:55 am


I see everything twice!!!
Nately's Whore
- anonymous (guest) 7-04-2008 4:07 pm