Cannes

Have just passed a lovely, lively weekend in Cannes, thanks to the family for the Christmas present, Alex for all the driving and Steven for organising the accommodation, via his parents. Before getting to our final destination, we made a visit to the foot of Mont Ventoux, where we spent a very enjoyable couple of hours, racing through the vineyards of Bedoin in buggies. This is a great way to have some fun, see vineyards and then taste the wine. For those of you who have watched the Oz & James programs and have listened to Oz going on about terroir, well here is a place where you can see the results first hand. The Vignerons de Mont Ventoux have taken the same mix of grapes (75% grenache & 25% Syrah) from their grapes, planted at 400m, 450m and 500m. There is a distinct difference between each of the wines. Well worth a visit.

Anyway off we went to Cannes for a weekend of ............Found a couple of golf courses and used our golfy cards for some great digging practice. Went to the harbor, as one does, to have a look around the yachts. Rather like the rest of the Cannes area, I found it very over populated. On land, you have grand villas rubbing noses with 1970 apartment blocks and the view of the hills is suburbia gone madd. In the harbor, it is the same with the massive gin/drug palaces rubbing shoulders with the local fishermen. I wonder which of these is feeling the recession worst.

At the end of a great weekend, We were all glad to wend our way back to the rolling hills of the PO and so great that we could still see the hills with their olive groves and vineyards.

Who do we have today.

St Teresa d'Avila - aint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila),Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1970 she was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI......... Read more