Saint Emilion

The first time I heard of Saint Emilion wine was from Martin Walter who managed to secure his TBC contract by supplying Saint Emilion wine to many of us within the TBC Marketing Department. We had to buy it by the case and the only way to get it over to Canada was when either Martin or I brought two bottles at a time to Canada with us. I am sure he still has quite a bit of the wine that needs to be delivered. Martin will be representing TBC for quite some time.
Saint Emilion is a beautiful ancient city with all the buildings made of the same ochre limestone and “roman” arched tile roofs. No other materials can be used within the town. The Brits made Saint Emilion a power wine region and many visit to pick up their wine direct from the wineries. This is excellent news for those of us who do not speak French as most of the locals speak English. However, the place is not cheap. The restaurants and café’s are excellent but expensive.

Unfortunately, the weather was not great. It was warm (24c) but overcast and the pictures do not do the place justice.

The new Tom Tom worked great and got us there and back without any problems. Because we are so far in the country, we have to travel mostly on what I would describe as country back roads. It’s really the best way to see the countryside and it is really fun to drive the winding, narrow roads. Fox, you would really enjoy taking your bike out for a ride here. Just have to watch out for the occasional tractor on the road doing about 30kmh.

After we got back home it was getting late so I made a fire and Rita created a wonderful tapas dinner from foods we picked up at the local village. The Saint Emilion wine was very good. However, I still remain a big fan of our Okanagan wines.

Geoff and Rita on top of Chateau du Roy

One of the many wine shops in Saint Emilion

Evening Fire with Rita