Genuine French Vignerons Coming to Town!
Come Taste Their Wines!
Scores of Genuine French Vignerons will be coming to New York and Connecticut starting March 29th and hanging out through April 5th.
There will be many events for people in the trade and for people not in the trade. You're invited to attend!
A Genuine French Vigneron (the guy in the white shirt wildly gesticulating) Showing His Wines to Excited American Consumers
Here's the festivities:
Saturday, March 29th -- 4-7 p.m.
Chambers Street Wines Hosts an All-Charnay Event!
With Eric Texier and Cult Beaujolais Winemaker Jean-Paul Brun
Wednesday, April 2nd -- 11 to 4 pm
See 12 Different Authentic French Vignerons at the Polaner Selections Tasting
But you have to be a card-carrying member of the wine trade!
Thursday, April 3rd
Astor Wines -- 5 to 8 pm
See Eric Nicolas from Jasnières, François and Manuela Chidaine from Montlouis, Jean-Paul Brun, Paul Lignères from the Château la Baronne in Corbières!
Prospect Wines in Park Slope -- 5 to 8 pm
Pierre Breton from Bourgueil, Eric Texier from Charnay, Marc Ollivier from the Domaine de la Pépière in Muscadet, Franck Peillot from the Bugey!
Chambers Street Wines in Downtown Manhattan -- 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Cosmoculturist Philippe Viret from St-Maurice and Evelyne de Jessey from the Domaine du Closel
Seagrape Wines in Greenwich Village -- 5:30 to 8:30 pm
The fabulous André Iché from the Château d'Oupia in the Minervois!
Friday April 4th
Slocum and Sons
Everyone will be at a special Slocum and Sons tasting outside of New Haven. But you have to be an employee of Slocum and Sons to attend.
Astor Wines -- 5 to 8 pm
Eric Texier, Evelyne de Jessey, André Iché and Franck Peillot
Prospect Wines -- 5 to 8 pm
Philippe Viret, Eric Nicolas, François and Manuela Chidaine, Paul Lignère from la Baronne
67th St Wines on West 68th Street -- 4 to 7 pm
Pierre Breton, Marc Ollivier, Jean-Paul Brun
Saturday, April 5th
Chambers Street Wines -- 4 to 7 pm
Everyone will be there! It's going to be one big event! Except for Jean-Paul Brun and Eric Texier. Brun will be taking a plane back to France. Eric Texier will be in New Canaan....
Franco's Wine Shop in New Canaan, Connecticut
Yes, Eric Texier will be here in New Canaan, Having the time of his life!
So, be sure to join us at one of these exciting tastings.
Hopefully, someone will soon tell me what time they all start and when they end. See you there!
How can I pose as someone in the trade?
Ask what grapes are in cotes du rhone, and what the wine is rated......
act natural, people in the trade a pose(r's) also
hi mr. dresser! i was wondering if you ever had a wine tasting where the wine didn't show up. wouldn't that be funny? ha-ha.
Funny you should mention that....
could you imagine! and maybe there was a big newspaper ad that cost lots of money and then the wine didn't show. maybe the store owner would shoot the importer! justifiable homicide i would say.
my good friend mr. wine importer i have exactly what you need to make your business even more successfull! inflatable vignerons! you heard me correctly, yep, just blow these babies up and place them in key accounts and watch the profits roll in. how many can i sign you up for?
Hi Mr. Haney! Geeze, how many years has it been? Do you still keep in touch with Mort Drucker?
Best,
Kay Bixler
that's sam drucker little lady. could i interest you in this fine memory enhancment vitamin i happen to be peddling? you'll never forget anything ever again.
sir, people are asking if these vignerons are bona fide.
I had a bunch of them in my office today.
They seemed bona fide enough to me.
Why do people doubt their bona fideness?
California has plenty of inflated vignerons.
all inflatable vignerons are under arrest!
Subject them to one stiff saignee
Who started this 'inflatable' business?
mr. haney
Blow it out your barrel.
dear mr. wine importer, are the wines of these vignerons reasonably priced?
They come with free corks
And offer a cosmic experience
great week!!
I thought so myself!
I have learned many important things about being a Wine Importer this week.
I hope to write a substantive essay later today.
Don't forget to look in here.
So, what have we learned?
Well, I've remembered to look in here. Where's the essay? It was due days ago--for each additional day late, your essay will marked down an entire letter grade.
and you will be subject to arrest!
I'm fatigued and depressed.
I apologize to the readership.
No pressure. Breathe steadily until you're properly inflated.