Comments on: Harvest time http://purelyfrance.com/2007/09/07/harvest-time/ A New Zealander with one foot firmly in central France, the other frequently in his mouth writes of life, the beloved French, property transactions and how to run a successful B n B and Gite business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Chris Comley http://purelyfrance.com/2007/09/07/harvest-time/#comment-167 Chris Comley Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:35:34 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/09/07/harvest-time/#comment-167 Ah, simliar to I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it ... unless I'm thirsty. (Madame Lily Bollinger of course.) God bless every grape. But don't make the mistake we did when touring near St Emilion one year - leave all your wine buying to the last two days only to find the grape ripeness meter had chinged up "today or bust" that morning and everyone but everyone was out picking, definitly not sitting around the cave on the offchance muggins might happen along to buy a case or two. Ah, simliar to

I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it … unless I’m thirsty.

(Madame Lily Bollinger of course.)

God bless every grape.

But don’t make the mistake we did when touring near St Emilion one year - leave all your wine buying to the last two days only to find the grape ripeness meter had chinged up “today or bust” that morning and everyone but everyone was out picking, definitly not sitting around the cave on the offchance muggins might happen along to buy a case or two.

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