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The 2013 Independant Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris
It’s Friday and we’re making our yearly trip to the Independant Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris at Porte de Versailles. We are surprised to find plenty of empty parking spaces in the back street we usually use to avoid the … Continue reading
Wine Tasting in the Loire Valley Part 2
I just sat down to write up my impressions of our recent wine tasting with Femme Francophile at Vinomania in Blois but, surprise, surprise, I’ve left my notepad at Closerie Falaiseau, and I don’t know how much I can rely … Continue reading
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What I Bought at the Wine Fair in Paris
Nearly forgot to go to the Independant Wine Growers Fair at Porte de Versailles this weekend and pick up some more Sancerre for our oysters on Sunday before we ran out which would have been a disaster! Most of the … Continue reading
French Oysters on Sunday
They have a lot of rules about food in France. One of the most intriguing is that you can only eat oysters during months with the letter “r”. So that rules out “mai”, “juin”, “juillet” and “août” (note that circumflex … Continue reading
