Marchbanks
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The first time I turned up chez Bruno Sorg - God knows when, must be 25+ years ago - it was without appointment, and Bruno was holding court at a table in the tasting room. I’ll get my daughter, he said as soon as I opened my mouth, she speaks English. She arrived, he went back to laughing with his chums. The tasting started (in French) but the conversation suddenly switched to English when she asked me if I’d ever been to Glastonbury. Er, no. She had, the year before. She began to tell me what fun it had been. I kept glancing at Bruno, chatting happily six feet away, but blissfully unaware of what I was being told...
On my next visit, Bruno conducted the tasting himself. You speak French well, he said. If only you had discovered that last time, I thought, I might not know some things that you don’t...
The next time, Bruno had passed away. I asked the daughter who looked after me to forgive me as I had forgotten, but was it she who had chatted to me about the Glastonbury Festival some years ago? That will be my sister, she said, rolling her eyes heavenwards.
This is the sort of ramble I bore friends with when they ask me why I like to travel over France buying wine. You don’t get memories like this buying online.
This all came back to me tonight while drinking the bottle below and having a Bob-fest. I think Bruno’s daughter would approve. Also it’s a way of padding out a post that would otherwise just say man, this wine is great.
On my next visit, Bruno conducted the tasting himself. You speak French well, he said. If only you had discovered that last time, I thought, I might not know some things that you don’t...
The next time, Bruno had passed away. I asked the daughter who looked after me to forgive me as I had forgotten, but was it she who had chatted to me about the Glastonbury Festival some years ago? That will be my sister, she said, rolling her eyes heavenwards.
This is the sort of ramble I bore friends with when they ask me why I like to travel over France buying wine. You don’t get memories like this buying online.
This all came back to me tonight while drinking the bottle below and having a Bob-fest. I think Bruno’s daughter would approve. Also it’s a way of padding out a post that would otherwise just say man, this wine is great.
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