On Oct 20, 6:22�pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> As part of plans to visit England and France, I had arranged with Emery
> Davis to stop over at his place in Normandy on my last full day in
> France. �The plan involved traveling by train from Lyon to Paris, thence
> on to Normanday, but the plans came crashing down upon me when a taxi
> stuck in traffic caused me to miss my train in Lyon by one minute,
> leading to a cataclysmic cascade of bad events. �Nonetheless, even a bad
> day can be salvaged with a little bit of luck and a lot of will (and
> cash). �In this case, that amounted to a good meal and decent wine right
> around the corner from my oh-so-unprepossesing hotel at the Brasserie
> Terminus du Nord. �With the "L'Ardoise du Jour" of 1) a salad of smoked
> salmon, chevre and spinach; 2) grilled dorade on a risotto in saffron
> sauce; and 3) tartlette of pears in an almond crust I had a half bottle of:
>
> 2005 Veronique Chereau-Gunther "Grand Fief de la Cormeraie" Muscadet
> Sevre et Maine Sur Lie
>
> Despite my trepidation at trying Muscadet from producers who aren't
> named Ollivier, Luneau-Papin or Landron. �It wasn't too communicative in
> the nose, showing a little characteristic minerality and some citrusy
> hints, but on the palate it proved to be quite fruity, with an off-dry
> feel and lime and just enough acidity to keep it from being flabby. �Not
> a profound Muscadet by any stretch, but a very decent wine with my
> dinner and a much better end to the day than what came before it.
>
> To put this whole misadventure into perspective, this is the second time
> that traffic issues have cost me a get-together with long-suffering
> Emery and his clan. �When I finally got ahold of him by phone to
> apologize, he proceeded to recount for me the ten (10!) wines that he
> had set aside for my 5 hour visit. �Hearing the description was enough
> to exact even more contrition from my exhausted, parched body than had
> already occurred. �Suffice it to say that I pledged then (and now) to
> make him a destination on our next trip to France.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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OK, so now I know how you can be disgruntled in Paris. Sad!