it is a gift

to me there is no better gift

than a fine bottle of wine

like a trusted friend

it speaks for me

but in a voice uniquely mine

i will spread this cheer to all my friends

and send them the gift of the vine

and they in turn will share my joy

(anonymous)

taking over the world

funny how live is. you can feel so inspired to write and tell the world. but then when you sit down to write there are no words. nothing. so for all the regulars out there. be patient. i am creating a master piece. or perhaps i am planning to join pinky and the brain...in their quest to take over the world.

lifesaver - louis jadot - in picture

......a good way to end!

tasting some bourgogne at last - in picture

Being content with being able to taste at last.....after several refusals in the morning.

more bourgogne - in picture

1 - Kids with some "random" vineyard in the back

2 - Voila - Bourgogne

3 - Bourgogne? What? Where?

4 - Nuno pretending to "like" Bourgogne and Romanee Conti

5 - Bourgogne "under my feet!!!"

bourgogne at last - in picture

1 - at the gate of Romanee Conti

2 - kids baking in the winter sun outside a wine shop

3 - Romanee Conti vineyards

4 - the rudeness of Bourgogne

5 - Romanee Conti

more haunted house - in picture

Having fun while Nuno looks a bit nervous? Where is Scooby -Doo?

the haunted house - in picture

Nuno suffers from claustrophobia. To him this was a daunting experience. For the rest it was freakishly cool.....

chablis - in picture

the last picture is proff of all the WORK we had to do on this roadtrip...every stop, every cellar, every day!!!

sancerre and chavignol - in picture

1 - what a motto

2 - a serious Nuno???

3 - Nuno and the girls

4 - me and the girls

5 - Sancerre in the background taken form above Chavignol

en route to bourgogne still - in picture

1 - outside Sancerre

2 - outside the "family estate"

3 - Manu in Chavignol

4 - Work in progress

5 - Nuno clowning around as always

the road to bourgogne - in picture

1 - Nuno and me at Chateau Chambort

2 - Nuno not very impressed by the Chateau

3 - Our own little weekend chateau (enterance)

4 - Our own little weekend chateau (front)

5 - The kids behaving badly - as usual