Harry drives us to Vienne to our new Hotel. What a beautiful place! We take our bags to the room and then go down to the cafe for coffee before Harry picks us up for afternoon wine tasting. These roads and signs are not always helpful and we see a bit of the countryside looking for our next winery.
The "Cave" is located in another charming French village but the winery is big and we are the only guests. Down we go past the bottle room and into the barrel room and busy people moving stuff around. In the corner is a nice tasting and we try them out. E. Guigal makes great wine and Jim and Tina - with boxes of wine still unopened cannot help but make a purchase.
Time for one more winery today and Harry moves us from a big producer to a Mom and Pop Shop - Jasmin Winery. It is fun to go in a small production family winery and taste some really fine wine.
After tasting, Harry takes us out to visit the vines, and to see how different the soil and hills are from Chateneuf. It was overcast and the wind was blowing, but we zipped our coats up and all was fine.
Back to the hotel for a fantastic dinner...you guessed it, another Michelin Star, but we are smarter now and only order the entree (they bring you all kinds of extras anyway!)
Life is Beautiful in the Northern Rhone...
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