Aloha La Gramière!

Our first shipment of 2006 La Gramière left this week for Hawaii!  I wish I could have packed myself up into one of those boxes to accompany it!  A tropical beach vacation sounds just about right.  Although I can't really complain about the weather here.  It's been cold at night, just a few degrees above freezing, but absolutely beautiful during the day.  I'll be out pruning all next week, so I hope that the weather holds out.  We've got to make some progress on the pruning.  Then the week of February 4th, I start full-on with my 2008 Southern Rhone wine tastings for the Bettane & Desseauve.  Lubéron, Ventoux, Tricastin, Vinsobres, Costières de Nimes, Vacqueyras, Gigondas, Beaumes de Venise and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.  It's going to be quite an experience.  There are also two big trade shows coming up, Millésime Bio next week in Perpignan and then Vinisud at the end of February in Montpellier.  The fun never ends.  And in the mean time, I've got to get those vines pruned, we've got to get the Weed Badger put together, and lots of other things!

So, back to Hawaii... A great big THANK YOU, to the person at Southern Wine & Spirits that decided to order some of our 2006! Next time I'll come personally to deliver it!