Serious tasting meeting with serious people at Gallop

Gallop is a nice place where to spend the evening in Kitakyushu. Sir Matchan leads the bar. On the pic I am in the good company of Miss Chiharu sommelier at Gallop. We are currently tasting some Saint-Veran. On the other pic a global view of the tasting board with representatives of the YMCA group. Mr Ichikawa forgot his famous cowboy hat (he is surrounded by my spouse Yoko and myself). There is a mic on the table, I have no clue what it is here for...

Diner by Chef Asuzaya

Asuza-san welcomed us for diner at his restaurant in Nogata on the 12th of August. We had the pleasure to taste his French menu: a many dish-meal with fish, duck and gibier. Overall it was a great demonstration of classical and more creative cuisine. I appreciated a lot. Mr Asuzaya also kindly prepared menus for children. I admit that I tasted them too. Great thanks to him for this very good time.

ヴァンサン、日本に来たる

ポムロルと40歳とサクソフォン

いつものアラフォー会のメンバーの一人Mちゃんが一足早く大台に乗ったお祝いです。シャンパンで乾杯したあと、いつものようにRちゃんの手料理に、今日はシャトー・ベルグラーヴ ポムロル 2003です。いつも私たちがご馳走に舌鼓を打つ横で、子供たちの食べているミートソーススパゲティーが美味しいそうなものだから、Mちゃんのリクエストで今日はこれが私たちのメイン。でもそれ以外にも鯛のカルパッチョにサラダに、とやはり豪華です。しかし、今日の一番の酒の肴は先日結婚したKちゃんの結婚式。深い友情からくるアラフォーの意見に、Kちゃんが皆に愛される所以を見た気がします。この日は、美しいブーケにとろけるようなチョコレートケーキとメンバー女子最年少のAちゃんのサックス演奏でハッピーバースデー。
この日、実は私はついてない一日だったのですが、洗い流してくれることを祈って、ジュヴレ・シャンベルタンピエール・ネジョン 2006を最後に一口だけ味見。

Schmitt's Morey 2005

It was a long time since I had not tasted Schmitt's Morey 2005. I tasted it again this eve and loved it more than one year ago. It is now superb. It is everything that one can expect from a "village": balanced, subtle and very pleasant. Second nose (the one one gets after turning the wine in the glass) is crazy and the mouth is very pleasant. This bottle has one drawback: it drinks much too easily.

V.