On Dec 21, 8:17*am, Emery Davis > wrote:
> On 12/20/2012 09:06 PM, Bi!! wrote:
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> > On Dec 20, 2:17 pm, Emery Davis > wrote:
> >> On 12/20/2012 06:22 PM, Bi!! wrote:
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> >>> Cordellian Bages is always a good value wine in my cellar. * I've
> >>> stayed there a few times....good chef and convienent to Lynch Bages
> >>> and The Baron and Comtess.
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> >> Hi Bill,
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> >> In the early 90s Adele and I stayed there for a few days with close
> >> friends Lloyd and Allison while exploring the Medoc. *(Lloyd and I are
> >> old wine buddies, we used to picnic every month or so with whatever
> >> great bottle we could find; I remember a way too young '82 Margaux one
> >> spring day for around the price of the C-B today!)
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> >> The wine highlight of the trip was a very deep vertical at Haut Bailly..
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> >> There was a mishap at the restaurant which we still talk about
> >> sometimes, we had all order the "pigeon in 3 ways", something happened
> >> in the kitchen and there was about a 45 minute pause between each pigeon
> >> course. *The restaurant was pretty appalled when they realized what was
> >> happening, and we were all in good humor (and no hurry) so no harm was
> >> done. *I also have a fond recollection of the food in spite of the
> >> screwup...
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> >> -E
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> > Hi Emery-
> > * * Great recollections of a fun place! *We were *there in the late
> > 90's with a dear muscian friend and his wife. *After dinner one
> > evening we adjourned to the salon and began drinking Cremant de Limoux
> > with a dash of brandy in the stem of the flute (bad idea) another
> > guest and his wife joined us as we had toured The Baron together
> > earlier than day. *The other guest was from a prominent Columbian
> > family (Escobar) and recognized my musician friend (Roger McGuinn) and
> > requested that Roger play a song. *We had no guitar so Sr. Escobar
> > sent a busboy out to find a guitar. *He gave the lad a couple hundred
> > Euros/Francs (they were just starting to convert currency) *and told
> > him not to come back without a guitar. While the lad was out getting
> > the guitar Roger slipped up to his room and came down with one of his
> > Martin stage guitars as he was on tour at the time. *The lad returned
> > forlorn and empty handed but Mr Escobar told him to keep the money and
> > just keep bringing more Cremant. *At 2am the night manager apologized
> > that they had run out of Cremant and could he suggest something else.
> > Thankfully Mrs Escobar had had enough and we could adjourn to bed
> > after singing every song the Byrds ever recorded. *The next day I only
> > ordered the soup.
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> Fantastic! *Clearly Senior was used to getting his way, it's a good
> thing Roger had a guitar handy after all...
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> We didn't drink the place out of Cremant but we went through several
> bottles during the interminable main course! *Not exactly bright eyed in
> the morning either.
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> There's a good lunch spot you've probably been to also, on the D2 in
> Margaux: the Lion d'Or. *Young (then anyway) Benjamin of d'Angludet
> recommended it to us. *Another 5 course meal, one of the courses was
> pigs trotters. *These we pushed around the plates until they were taken
> off to the disapproving glances of the waiter. *He came back several
> minutes later with an enormous Chef's Salad, loaded with duck, sausages,
> eggs, etc, saying the Chef was concerned we wouldn't get enough food
> since we didn't like the trotters, so he had prepared an extra course
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Been to Lion d"Or many times...you see the most interesting vignerons
having lunch there! The eel is fantastic there as are the frites in
duck fat!