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Economic Crisis? I Got Yer Crisis Right Here

After four days of interviewing mostly foreign wine producers, I happened upon a stand that was selling Absinthe produced in Provence. I don’t wear my badge because it has a tendancy to fall off and I’d have lost it the … Continue reading

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Cahors, the Original Malbec

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tasting at “La CitĂ© Mondial du Vin” (above photo) with a touch of lunch, brings out part of the Cahors story. Eight hundred years of growing Malbec gives you some serious street cred. … Continue reading

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