tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post8703617342559427352..comments2023-12-18T15:03:52.326+00:00Comments on Jim's Loire: Château de Minière (Bourgueil): building workCRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356808627188214016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-9637974852971305672011-05-07T08:35:33.201+01:002011-05-07T08:35:33.201+01:00I guess Luc that it is particularly notable that t...I guess Luc that it is particularly notable that they even set up in the depths of Roussillon!Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-79545638953532730902011-05-07T07:43:54.767+01:002011-05-07T07:43:54.767+01:00What business do Belgian seem to have with the Fre...What business do Belgian seem to have with the French vineyard?<br />It’s always the same with those guys. They make an appearance, work their butt out, think they know it better, don’t respect time-tested “experience and tradition” and end up making ... acceptable wine altogether.<br />Methink it is a revenge on Napoleon or even on more ancient history. Clovis, this very paradigm of France, was actually born in Tournai and “stolen” by French historians from their national patrimony. To top the bill, Reims cathedral – the place of his crowning – is celebrating its 800th anniversary just now ?!? Yes, you read me well: born in 461, made a king some 20 years later and the building is “only” 800 years old ?<br /><br /> “Mitis depone colla, Sicamber ...”Luc Charliernoreply@blogger.com