Things are currently in full swing here at Alex Gambal. The pinot noir started coming in yesterday from Savigny and Volnay (the latter being the result of a swap with Bouchard that Alex negociated). The days are long and tiring. So much of the process involves cleaning, then getting things all sticky again, then cleaning them, etc etc. I am at the point where I am washing and stacking the bins de vendage in my sleep.
The sorting table. Very little triage needed since the fruit is in great shape this year.
Last night's dinner featured a Poulet Smackdown, a tasting of a Bresse chicken vs. regular. Bresse is an AOC for chickens, costing 5 times more than the regular grocery store chickens...so we had a blind tasting to decide if it really is that much better. There was a prize for whoever wrote the best tasting note: the black feet of the Bresse chicken. Guess who ended up with the creepy claws (close your eyes and put out your hands to recieve the award). Moi.
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