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The 2013 Independant Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

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 →

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Wine Tasting in the Loire Valley Part 2

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Rosemary Kneipp

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

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Rosemary Kneipp

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 →

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French Oysters on Sunday

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Rosemary Kneipp

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 →

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