Archive for April 2012

One corner of the cloisters at Chateau La Mission Haut Brion?Today was the day for heading south around the Rocade, Bordeaux's ring road. Like every other road built to solve a congestion problem, it becomes heavily congested at peak times. I wanted to be at the Union des Grands Crus tasting at Chat…

They were always going to be big boots to fill...Your guess is as good as mine. Artwork at Chateau KirwanShort blog tonight, as I have to be downstairs for a beer in 10 minutes and much as I enjoy my blogging...Weather-wise, a cooler day with much more cloud. Wine-wise, Day 2 has given ample opportu…

The Ducru-Beaucaillou colour of choice for most if not all its marketing material is orange, but I still had something of a shock when visiting the loo at the propertyI have now arrived back at my hotel room in Blanquefort, just to the south of the Medoc. I have flung open the double doors onto the …