Lummi Island Wine Tasting June 1 ’14
Flying
There was a time when flying had the air (!) of luxury about it. People dressed up a bit. It was Festive. Passengers we’re treated well. And here by “well” I mean “treated to a bit of comfort and luxury,” not merely “herded politely into barely tolerable density.” Well, it’s not like that any more. Long flights have become something of an ordeal for the hoi pollo I, with a bit of comfort available for those willing and able to pay. Coach class is the new Steerage of steamship days. That said, we did upgrade our tickets a little to get just a little more wiggle room, and it did make a difference in the quality of our flight experience.
However, the flight schedule this time did involve a lot of time at airports (Vancouver, Heathrow, and Geneva), and this time the relentless crush of the security queues, the stupefying heat of too many bodies too close together for too long took a definite toll. Nevertheless, we were delivered magically to Geneva, where we rented a car and drove for two hours through beautiful mountains to the little town of Arbois, in the Jura wine region about an hour and a half northeast of Lyon. Photo is looking toward Geneva from the hills north of the city and airport.
Jura
Arbois is a charming town at the center of the Jura wine world. It is beautifully situated amid steep hillsides and beautifully sloping fields and vineyards. The wines here are unique, especially the whites, some of which are deliberately aged without topping up the barrels the wines sit in, so that the longer they rest in barrel, the more oxidized they get. Thus they develop flavors strange to modern palates. More on these wines in a later post. For now here are some photos of the area.
Looking toward our apt… 
View across the street from apt… 
Our apt has the bright door…
This weekend in the wine shop
The wine shop will be open as usual this Friday and Saturday, with Ryan hosting. At the moment the tasting selections for the weekend have not been established, but a number of excellent French wines came in in the past week, so it is very likely several of them will appear on the tasting list. also, please note that the shop will be closed for the two following weekends, June 7 and June 14. Be sure to stock up! The shop will reopen on Friday, June 20…make a note of it!
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