Romantic Situations & Wine Pairings… #1

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#.1 SINGLE & BUBBLY

August 10th,

 Dear Diary,

 Oh I love the summer time! The weather is just amazing, the sun is out and so are the lovely boys. (héhéhé!)

To celebrate what we call ‘the hunks summer outing’ (that is all the boys in light clothes and their ripped tanned muscles out), my single girlfriends and I have decided to throw a big dinner party!

We started with a toast to being single and fabulous with a winy and bubbly Montlouis called Les Loges de la Folie  that E. & I. drank so fast we had to open C.’s Zero Dosage by Tarlant: its delicate bubbles contributed to making us feel even happier!

I had baked my goat cheese & honey pastry with salad, a summer’s favorite!,  and V. brought what she called a ‘sexy chenin’ that definitely hit the spot. Cool minerality and honey notes… deliciousness in our plates and glasses!

 We gossiped and laughed for hours then we went out and danced the night away*. P. & I had rehearsed some crazy moves all afternoon on Prince and we were so ready to party!  Yeah baby!

What a glorious night!

 Ps: I so wouldn’t want to be in a relationship right now. I mean, what are men for? It’s so much better to enjoy my girlfriends’ company and being caressed by nothing less but champagne bubbles…. 

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Again, many thanks to:  Caroline Henry, Audrey Domenach, Iris Rutz Rudel, Anne Victoire Monrozier, Paloma Ezcurra, Pauline Versace, Eva Robineau.

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A Winey Monday Night

What a night! We opened 22 bottles, tasted as many, learnt, ate and laughed until it was too cold and too dark outside to even think about leaving. I did eventually. But only because it was a monday night.

Now, the equation that made it possible = 1 generous invitation from Grains Nobles, Paris + 1 passionate wine maker (Didier Barré from Domaine Berthoumieu) + his sunny southern accent + 11 of his bottles that we tasted respectfully + an after party  (5 lovely people + 11 other bottles that we blind-tasted humbly then drank merrily!)

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FWY:  we drank a Champagne Pierre Montcuit 2002,  a Volnay 1er cru 2007  ’Les Santenots du Milieu’ by Arnaud Ente, a Batard Montrachet 2002 by Louis Jadot, a Pouilly Fuissé ‘Buisson Renard’ by Dagueneau,  a Savennières 2001 ‘Clos du Papillon’ from Domaine du Closel , a Sancerre 1998 ‘Les Monts Damnés’ (my favourite), a ‘Les Noëls de Montbenault’ 2008 by Richard Leroy, a Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru  ’Clos St Jacques’ by Louis Jadot…. plus a selection from Didier Barré’s Domaine Berthoumieu’s best tannat wines