The Cote de Nuits wine trail crosses, famous villages whose names have been around the world. Download a free copy of the map here. Originally posted September 24, 2015. Today Debbie and I drove the length of the Cote de Nuits, the northern half of Burgundy’s famous Cote d’Or. Here is produced the incomparable red […]
Greetings from Burgundy France!
Greetings from Puligny Montrachet!
Center-Left Emmanuel Macron to Win French Presidency
As it was in the U.S. presidential race, I would not have a candidate today if we were eligible to vote in France. I did vote for Trump and would, if voting in France, vote in the final round for Macron. The vote would be cast, however, strictly as opposition against the less suitable candidate. […]
Greetings from the White Wine Capital of the World
French Unions Fostering Cultural Suicide?
Why are French unions striking? They are protesting the changes President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manual Valls would make to France’s 1999 labor laws. The Socialist Hollande government is looking to add more flexibility to France’s rigid 35-hour workweek. The 1999 laws were enacted in an attempt to boost employment. By imposing prohibitive minimum […]
A Supply-Sider in France: Alain Juppé
“In France, we keep saying that we have tried everything—except what has worked elsewhere,” Alain Juppé tell supporters. I support Alain Juppé and his efforts to reform France’s economy. Here The Wall Street Journal lists some of Juppé’s proposals to reform the country harangued by years of socialist and statist policies. The 70-year-old former Prime Minister vowed to […]
Your Burgundy Wine Tour
Burgundy or Bordeaux? When The Wine Questionnaire asked the “B or B” question of Daniel Johnnes, wine director for Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group, Daniel answered, “Ask anyone in the world of wine and they will laugh at the question. BURGUNDY!!!.” Burgundy and Its Wines tells readers, “In Burgundy it is the terroir—the peculiarly French combination […]
Along the Wine Route
Beautiful day and sky in Cote de Beaune. Lunch in Puligny-Montrechet, where we had visited about 5 years ago when we were on a Butterfield & Robinson bike trip. Driving or biking is spectacular through the Grand Cru Wine Route, which covers about 21 kilometers between Ladoix-Serrigny and Santenay. We drove through beautiful ancient villages […]
The Ruination of the French Riviera
Taki Theodoracopulos, writing in the American Conservative, tells readers, “The ruination of the French Riviera by greedy developers and vulgar nouveaux riches is a body blow very hard to recover from. I invested 35 summers, and I hate to think the amount of money and now I have nothing to show for it but a […]