I'm taking French, if you haven't noticed already. What a wonderful and elegant language. "Let's have food and wine" could possibly be the French motto. I know it's mine. The French in my opinion have paved the way for us to learn from; food pleasure awareness, the ways of vine growing and wine making and mostly exhibiting the care freeness and subtle passion for life that we all could emulate. True, our infrastructure here in the U.S. is not set up with high speed rail lines, making is easier to go from culture to culture, as in Europe. But we are making strides in that direction and can travel by car to experience history from the tip of Boston to the end of the state of Virginia. We can experience our Southern culture from there to the shores of Savannah. To the west of that, is Creole in New Orleans...culture goes on and on in the U.S. It too needs to be embraced and appreciated. And although the French have thousands of years of viticulture behind them, our young vineyards are making strides in the right direction, producing vibrant fruit laddened wines that make us a wine force that will not be denied. Food pleasure awareness and subtle passion for life should be universal. The next time you are eating something wonderful like an omelet, really notice the omelet, actually taste and feel the cheesy softness. The same can be applied to wine. Taste and smell the earthiness in a Pinot Noir. Incorporating full awareness makes all that we do more pleasurable, in kind, incorporating a care freeness that can be contagious to the people around you. So in thanking the French I'm going to tie on my favorite apron, invite a few friends over, and bid a finale "a bientot" (see you soon) to winter. I'm going to make Beef Stew in Red Wine and pair it with a fabulous Pinot Noir from Burgundy, Bouchard Pere & Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2005...look for the review in Vintage Cronicle.
a beintot (see you soon) pronounced (a bee en toe).....who would have thought!
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