Buying Wine in May

One of the advantages of taking stuff down in a van is that logistics determine that there should be a payload for the return journey.  Coming from the Bordeaux region, that can only mean one thing - Wine!

Whilst we were out there, Bill and I visited St Emilion and Pomerol.  We had a good session in a wine shop, where they sold Petrus and other fine wines, but we weren't in the market for them (€3,000+ a bottle).  However, we did part company with a few euros for some good wine (around the €30 to €40 range).  Whilst in St Emilion, we had lunch in Chai Pascal, a really good bistro with a great atmosphere and a good wine list (as you would expect).

Anyway, we also made other trips to the local co-operative at Les Lèves and to Berticot at Duras to stock up on day to day drinking wine.  In the end, I travelled back with over 380 bottles of wine - not all of them were for us: Bill had a quota, and there were purchases on behalf of other friends which made up most of the quantity!