» france</h1> <article> <h1>Economic Crisis? I Got Yer Crisis Right Here</h1> <p>randulo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:54 +0000</p> <p>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 first day if I hadn’t just stuck it in my pocket. When I asked about the Absinthe, the guy looked annoyed, he was discussing the crisis with colleagues and they all agreed, if I didn’t have a badge, I could go bother someone else.</p> <p><a href="http://www.newwineconsumer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/absinthe1.jpg"></a></p> <p>Walking away, I happened upon this scene:</p> <p><a href="http://www.newwineconsumer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/italia.jpg"></a></p> <p>Let me see, which is the better commercial approach? D’UH!</p> </article> <article> <h1>Cahors, the Original Malbec</h1> <p>randulo — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:24:27 +0000</p> <p></p> <p>Tasting at “La Cité 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. Recall that Gary “the V” did a <a title="Wine Library Malbec" href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/2006/12/26/cahors-wine-from-the-southwest-of-france-episode-154/" target="_blank">Malbec video</a>. This tasting featured 6 Malbecs from Argentina, Chili, France (Côtes de Bourg, Cahors). An international competition was anounced for June. Start your engines!</p> </article> </main></body></html>