Blue View - Drinking Our Way Through the Champagne Region

Blue View - Drinking Our Way Through the Champagne Region

For as long as I've known her, Marcie's drink of choice has been champagne, and, come to think of it, I'm kind of fond of it myself. When we were fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time and got an invitation to tour Champagne Cuillier, complete with a tasting, how could we pass it up - even if it did mean taking a slight detour…

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Blue View - Est! Est! Est!

Blue View - Est! Est! Est!

We are definitely in wine country now. Each day as we trek the countryside, we pass through dozens of vineyards, the vines all trimmed back and just starting to send out new shoots. Best of all, every little town and village has a great selection of local and regional wines. As I write this, we are in the city of Montefiascone, which has an interesting, 700 year old story about its fine wines…

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Blue View - British Food

Blue View - British Food

I've never had a high regard for British food. Some of my bias, I have to admit, comes from the generally bad rep it gets, and some is based on airport food I've had as I passed through London Heathrow on the way to business meetings elsewhere. I have to say, however, that either the food here has dramatically improved since our last visit, or my memory is even worse than I thought.

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