Entre Les Murs

Once More In Our Cups

The spring Salon des Vins, the wine show of the independent producers, took place this weekend.  We get a good number of free tickets in the mail from exhibitors from whom we've made purchases in the past.  It's about half the size of the fall show, but there are still vastly too many vintners attending to visit more than a fraction.  We made a lists of the Champagne and Sancerre vintners, and were unable to complete either of those lists, although we tried pretty hard on the Champagne side.

Now that we know we're moving this summer, the question is: do we go through the hassle of importing our wine cellar to the States, or just drink it all up before we leave? Since we left the show on Saturday with more wine than we could fit into our grocery chariot, I think that question has been answered.

The male kestrel turned up yesterday morning, perched in the same window sill that the female was seen earlier.  Then today they were both in the courtyard, engaging in a little spring-time antics that suggest they are thinking of trying again to start a family.  But it was too fleeting a visit to suggest we might hope they'll be nesting across from our window again.

posted 26.3.07