Just starting to read your blog and as Francophiles we love it. Noticed your reference to sancerre (Domaine de la Rossignol) wines and wondered if you know if it is available anywhere in Australia or an email address for it in France. Keep up the good work.
Rosemary Kneipp
November 30th, 2015 at 9:46 am
Hi Tony, it’s only a small winery which means that it’s not viable to export to Australia (particularly as Australia has very severe wine import laws). The price per bottle for the one we prefer (L’Essentiel) is 9.80. You’d probably pay twice that for shipping. If you’re still interested I can ask him about sending you some as we know him well now.
Tony Fawctt_Le Rossignol
December 6th, 2015 at 8:49 am
Hi Rosemary,
Thanks so much for that information. I feared that might have been the case regarding importing into Australia. Several years back we imported a dozen Bordeaux wines after we visited and I think it cost us about three times as much and involved half a day at Tullarmarine Airport in Melbourne filling out forms. We’re heading back to France in July next year so we will make a point of visiting the vineyard and checking out the L’Essentiel. Again, many thanks for the information and for your blog.
Cheers,
Tony
Rosemary Kneipp
December 6th, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Yes, it’s a pity isn’t it? You’ll just have to visit the vineyard next time you come. Please say we sent you – monsieur et madame Avril.
Thank you for taking me on such a pleasant little whirl through Paris on this chilly Monday morning. I smiled at the little hotel room that reminded me of similar places we have stayed, where you stepped directly on to the bed from the door, because there was no floor space that wasn’t already filled with a piece of furniture. 🙂
I liked the croissant tale, too. A culture clash between one race where the customer so often is of least importance, if not a bit of a nuisance, and the other who will walk a mile to find something to please their clientele. 🙂
Nice photos too. And very important to have those skin tests. Last year I saw a dermatologue because of a mark on my face. It turned out to be nothing, but while I was there she did a full body scan, and picked up a basal cell carcinoma between my shoulder blades. However carefully one may inspect one’s person, unless your are a contortionist I think it’s unlikely you’d be able to check that part of your anatomy or indeed even think of doing so.
It sounds as if you probably have sufficient wine to see you through the festive season.
A votre santé
Rosemary Kneipp
November 30th, 2015 at 8:04 pm
Thank you for your comments. The room did, indeed, have practically no space to walk in at all.
Having lived most of your young live in Kenya, you have the same problem as us Aussies with regard to skin cancer. Glad you managed to have it fixed up. My dermatologist goes over me with a fine tooth comb, I’m pleased to say.
Hopefully, the wine will take us a little further than the festive season …
There, what did I tell you about the skin spot? 🙂 Just as I predicted — not cancer but worth removing just in case it developed, which he did on the spot. I wish the dermos here thought to use the scanners though. My one definitely thinks I’m neurotic for asking.
A couple of words you might want to change: I’m sure the security guys at the entrance to the shopping centre weren’t vigilantes in the English sense 🙂 and I think ‘dooner’ is spelt ‘doona’. I’m a bit vague about it because I got used to calling them duvets in the UK. I assume doona is a Scandanavian word. I could look all this up of course, but … And needless to say, neither is the word a French speaker would use. I buy our bedding from John Lewis in the UK because our beds are not French sizes. A friend recommended LinVosges, but whenever I look they have nothing I like.
I’m not surprised you were a bit worried by the wine fair being a target. That would be a proper den of iniquity as far as the religious fundamentalist go. Interesting comment by the hotel receptionist too. And we have a friend called Anne in Daumesnil too. We haven’t seen her much since her husband died (he was from Preuilly).
PS Milk or yoghurt for chilli burn. Water won’t make much difference. Beer at a pinch.
Rosemary Kneipp
November 30th, 2015 at 8:08 pm
Yes, that is what I would have eaten but the staff didn’t appear to have any. The water helped because it was iced.
Rosemary Kneipp
November 30th, 2015 at 8:08 pm
My dermatologist looks me all over with a magnifying glass.
I’ve fixed up the spelling – plus corrected all the other errors you were too polite to mention!
I tried LinVosges and had to send it all back. The quality didn’t match the price …
Yes, going to a wine fair must seem like a den of iniquity indeed to the fundamentalists.
The reception’s comment was echoed on the news this morning when they said that the school delegations had all arrived for COP21 with the noticeable absence of any French students.
Just starting to read your blog and as Francophiles we love it. Noticed your reference to sancerre (Domaine de la Rossignol) wines and wondered if you know if it is available anywhere in Australia or an email address for it in France. Keep up the good work.
Hi Tony, it’s only a small winery which means that it’s not viable to export to Australia (particularly as Australia has very severe wine import laws). The price per bottle for the one we prefer (L’Essentiel) is 9.80. You’d probably pay twice that for shipping. If you’re still interested I can ask him about sending you some as we know him well now.
Hi Rosemary,
Thanks so much for that information. I feared that might have been the case regarding importing into Australia. Several years back we imported a dozen Bordeaux wines after we visited and I think it cost us about three times as much and involved half a day at Tullarmarine Airport in Melbourne filling out forms. We’re heading back to France in July next year so we will make a point of visiting the vineyard and checking out the L’Essentiel. Again, many thanks for the information and for your blog.
Cheers,
Tony
Yes, it’s a pity isn’t it? You’ll just have to visit the vineyard next time you come. Please say we sent you – monsieur et madame Avril.
Thank you for taking me on such a pleasant little whirl through Paris on this chilly Monday morning. I smiled at the little hotel room that reminded me of similar places we have stayed, where you stepped directly on to the bed from the door, because there was no floor space that wasn’t already filled with a piece of furniture. 🙂
I liked the croissant tale, too. A culture clash between one race where the customer so often is of least importance, if not a bit of a nuisance, and the other who will walk a mile to find something to please their clientele. 🙂
Nice photos too. And very important to have those skin tests. Last year I saw a dermatologue because of a mark on my face. It turned out to be nothing, but while I was there she did a full body scan, and picked up a basal cell carcinoma between my shoulder blades. However carefully one may inspect one’s person, unless your are a contortionist I think it’s unlikely you’d be able to check that part of your anatomy or indeed even think of doing so.
It sounds as if you probably have sufficient wine to see you through the festive season.
A votre santé
Thank you for your comments. The room did, indeed, have practically no space to walk in at all.
Having lived most of your young live in Kenya, you have the same problem as us Aussies with regard to skin cancer. Glad you managed to have it fixed up. My dermatologist goes over me with a fine tooth comb, I’m pleased to say.
Hopefully, the wine will take us a little further than the festive season …
There, what did I tell you about the skin spot? 🙂 Just as I predicted — not cancer but worth removing just in case it developed, which he did on the spot. I wish the dermos here thought to use the scanners though. My one definitely thinks I’m neurotic for asking.
A couple of words you might want to change: I’m sure the security guys at the entrance to the shopping centre weren’t vigilantes in the English sense 🙂 and I think ‘dooner’ is spelt ‘doona’. I’m a bit vague about it because I got used to calling them duvets in the UK. I assume doona is a Scandanavian word. I could look all this up of course, but … And needless to say, neither is the word a French speaker would use. I buy our bedding from John Lewis in the UK because our beds are not French sizes. A friend recommended LinVosges, but whenever I look they have nothing I like.
I’m not surprised you were a bit worried by the wine fair being a target. That would be a proper den of iniquity as far as the religious fundamentalist go. Interesting comment by the hotel receptionist too. And we have a friend called Anne in Daumesnil too. We haven’t seen her much since her husband died (he was from Preuilly).
PS Milk or yoghurt for chilli burn. Water won’t make much difference. Beer at a pinch.
Yes, that is what I would have eaten but the staff didn’t appear to have any. The water helped because it was iced.
My dermatologist looks me all over with a magnifying glass.
I’ve fixed up the spelling – plus corrected all the other errors you were too polite to mention!
I tried LinVosges and had to send it all back. The quality didn’t match the price …
Yes, going to a wine fair must seem like a den of iniquity indeed to the fundamentalists.
The reception’s comment was echoed on the news this morning when they said that the school delegations had all arrived for COP21 with the noticeable absence of any French students.
When we live our lives despite their violence, the bastards lose.
Yes, that is the only way to combat their violence.