Today is our last day in Burgundy. It started out raining again but we got in the car and drove to Puligny Montrachet to tour Maison de Olivier LeFlaive. They have been in the wine business since the 17th century and have beautiful vinyards. We toured the vinyards for an hour and a half and learned a lot about how they grow their grapes and then we toured the 'cave' which is their wine cellar for an hour and learned about how they make the wine. Then we had an amazing gourmet lunch and got to taste 14 of their wines over about 4 hours. It was quite the day. We got to meet Olivier. He was very interested to know how two carolinians would find their way to his winery. His brother Patrick LeFlaive led the cave tour. It was great to get to talk to the people who own the winery. The wine was incredible. And of course, so was the chocolate mousse ! We ended our day with dinner at Chez Leon in Dijon. They remembered us from a few days ago and we had another delicious meal. Tomorrow we are scheduled to fly back to the states. Hopefully the volcanic ash will cooperate and allow planes to fly. Ai yi yi.
2 comments:
Great blog - great trip (made me feel like I was there). I've spent just a few days in France (nothing like the amount of time you guys had - but I now know to head straight to the wine country next time I go back). Welcome home and glad you had a great anniversary 8-)
Great blog - great trip (made me feel like I was there). I've spent just a few days in France (nothing like the amount of time you guys had - but I now know to head straight to the wine country next time I go back). Welcome home and glad you had a great anniversary 8-)
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