Eric A. visits The Muscadet

[robert ames]

the water tower at jo landron. . .every day's a muscadet!

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by SFJoe:

originally posted by Claude Kolm:
There was a Muscadet from a producer I'd never heard of at my new local shop

Usually a reason to run away.

Les Betes Curieuses' Muscadets (collaboration twixt Jeremies Huchet and Mourat) are new on the market and worth trying, at least. The regular bottling, the Gorges, and the Clisson were all praiseworthy when we opened them early this year.

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
... Mr. Jefferson's University, which I've always thought was a pompous enough sobriquet...

Rendered mildly piquant by the details of his relationship with Sally Hemings. Charlottesville is officially the US' happiest city now, but, speaking as an alum, 'the U' clings a bit desperately to its traditions.

 

[Cliff]

French regions and departments often take a definite article: the Vaucluse, the Beauce, and so forth, but the Burgundy? I've never heard of the Muscadet referred to that way.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I'm with Cliff.

What also jars is when someone removes the article. The wines of Jura?