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Solex now in the deep south
Solex is finally in the deep south. The sky is lighter, the roofs have round Roman tiles, the traffic is just that little more eratic, people hang around…. I start my last week tomorrow in...
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The full version of the book – how it starts
Arriving by car from the wide Rhone valley to the west, you take the long bend (on two wheels if you live down here) and cross the bridge over the Ouveze. Sablet is right in front of you, on its...
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Francois de Ligneris – the peasant Count of Bordeaux and Corbieres
To round of my reports of yesterday’s round of slurping in Paris… Count Francois de Ligneris is aristrocratic enough not to give a damn. He sold his marvelous Chateau Soutard (St Emilion grand cru) to...
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Slurping through the centre of the world
Who needs proof that even though Paris is in the north of France, it is truly its beating heart? You could think of France as a spider, with Paris at the thorax and the freeways and rail lines...
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Picking out Sablet’s terroir
We went out this afternoon to suss out Sablet’s terroir. Next Monday the vignerons who make Sablet wine (for the formally inclined, that means Cotes-du-Rhone Village Sablet, white and red) will try to...
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Terroir on two wheels at Gigondas: la Croisée des Terroirs
It means something like the crossroads or intersection of terroirs. But it doesn't matter. The basic idea is to hop into the booze while thinking that it's good for you. I was among almost 200 cyclists...
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