Thursday, May 1, 2014

France, April 2014

Just spent a lovely nine days touring Burgundy, Beaujolais, the Jura, and the Rhone Valley, with Fred Petters (our Minnesota sales manager),  Rick Anderson (France 44 Wine and Spirits, Minneapolis), Peter Vars (Thomas Liquors, St Paul), and Massimo Alois (Fattoria Alois, Campania, Italy - supplier, friend, and terroir-curious rock collector - more on that later). In the next few days, I'll share some of our adventures. This photo is a selfie of the five of us. From left to right: me, Fred (above), Massimo (below), Peter, Rick. Taken in the courtyard at the Hôtel-Dieu, site of the famous Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction which occurs annually, on the 3rd Sunday of November.