• FRENCH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FOR STEALING WINE

    par | Déc 9, 2010

    from DELWINE Newsletter December 1

    In a country like ours where new multi-million dollar scams are unearthed  with unfailing regularity, the event might be laughed off by the bureaucrats but it did not take long for the French government to recall their Consul Général in Hong Kong and Macau, and the former second counselor at the French embassy in New Delhi, for stealing two (2) bottles of expensive wines at a private club in Hong Kong.

    The top French diplomat in Hong Kong and Macau was suspended and recalled to Paris last week according to a report in AFP on Tuesday.  Marc Fonbaustier, 46, France’s consul-general in the Chinese semi-autonomous territories, was forced to leave his job after Beijing apparently sought his removal just over a year after taking the top-ranking post. (suite…)

  • LAYON : BONNES VENDANGES 2010 CHEZ PATRICK BAUDOUIN

    par | Déc 6, 2010

    PATRICK BAUDOUIN

    Voici une présentation du dernier article publié sur mon blog

    PRÉPARATION, MATURATION — Le printemps 2010 a vu une belle sortie de grappes et après un début de campagne sous pression à cause des maladies cryptogamiques, l’été chaud et sec (pluviométrie faible, 50 mm de mai à fin août) a détendu la situation.
    CHENINS 2010

    Notre beau chenin 2010

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  • DRINK WINE AT 17 NOT 7

    par | Nov 29, 2010

    By SUBHASH ARORA | DELWINE Newsletter | Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:56


    The recent revelation by Emma Watson, the co-star in HARRY POTTER films, that she was given wine by her family at the age of seven might have been made public for its shock value and as publicity gimmick for the latest Harry Potter film released last Friday, but it might send out wrong signals that its fine to start seven-year olds on wine, when seventeen may be the right age to start under parents’ supervision.
    There has been an onslaught of this news report in the media before the worldwide release on November 19 of the latest film-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. I found over 11,000 items listed in Google where the 20-year old actress reveals that her lawyer parents Chris and Jacqueline always treated her like an adult and she was allowed to drink wine with meals as a child.

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  • JEUNESSE DU VIN

    par | Nov 9, 2010

    PATRICK BAUDOUIN

    Mercredi 20 octobre 12 heures : fin des vendanges 2010.
    De très belles vendanges !
    Ce jour-là à Princé, nous avons un visiteur, Christian Stevanin.
    Ce n’est pas un vigneron star, ni un journaliste vedette du vin. Pas un chef étoilé…
    C’est « simplement » un enseignant, en sommellerie, du lycée hôtelier de Dinard.
    Un prof quoi, qui va prendre sa retraite en 2011.
    Quand je vois Christian, je pense irrésistiblement aux paroles de Claude Got, l’hygiéniste… Read more

  • AUTUMN IN SABLET

    par | Nov 2, 2010

    By LINCOLN SILIAKUS

    This pic says it all: the vines, the trees in the Trignon creek and the Dentelles de Montmirail in the distance.
    This is what it was like over the long weekend.  Well, most of the time it was a lot worse than that with hard rain and warm southerly winds.
    The wind has turned to the north this morning. It’s the infamous mistral, which should dry everything out.

    The green grey and gold of Provence