Wine Tasting in Bordeaux

Yesterday we did a guided wine tour in Bordeaux's medoc region (margaux appellation) and visited two wineries.

The first was Chateau Lascombes, which was beautiful! It is actually owned by Americans and their way of harvesting the wine is very modern apparently (such as the use of dry ice during the cold maceration stage). But the really cool thing about this winery was the way they had blended the new technology with the traditional practices (like using egg whites to filter the wine-so cool!). They also had added on a wine cellar that held bottles of wine from their chateau dating to the 1800s. It was really cool to see how the new owners had improved the chateau , but at the same time, taken pleasure in preserving the heritage of the property.

The other winery we visited was a disgrace to wine heritage. It was called Chateau d'Arsac. The owner was obsessed with contemporary art work, which was strung about the property. Each piece of 'art' was bought each year and symbolized something having to do with wine harvest. The place looked like a over-priced white trash front yard. There was no reference to the history of the property or the traditions of wine that had taken place on it, and the wine tasted horrible. I am boycotting all of their wine for the rest of my life.

But, all in all it was a fabulous day ad Megan and I both enjoyed learning about wine.

Today we are taking the train (for 26 hours) to Lagos, Portugal to lay on the beach for a week. Then we will be off to Madrid for 2 days, then to Alacante, Spain for another few days of beach lounging (we can do this because we had about two weeks to kill according to our schedule).

Loves!
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