This post from Melvin Yeo reminded me that I’m a goldfish:
If a wine is not staring me in the face, i will forget it exists and won’t look for it. Case in point, ever since I’ve moved to France I’ve been buying French wines almost exclusively. I still love wines from elsewhere but where the SAQ was constantly bombarding me with communications and shops full of wines from all over the world, French cavistes don’t. And, the goldfish that I am still won’t go looking for them on the web unless I drink one and buy right away. I suck.
Anyways, so I read Melvin’s post about the lovely Savage Follow The Line and start telling myself that I should look outside of France once more.
My wife was getting inked in Annecy today so I was the designated driver and figured I would make a lunch out of it. @Patrick_Taylor Saba was full (I’ll try another time) so I stopped at Bon Pain Bon Vin where the food is average, the by the glass options are a little bit of a minefield (natural, original, small production, etc.) but the service is always a hoot and the vibe is nice. I get to talking to the front of house dude and we exchange experiences about wines from New Zealand. He proceeds to tell me that there is a wonderful caviste, about 100 meters from the restaurant, who is specialized in non-French wines and has one of the best selections in France. Guess where I went after lunch:
The guy’s got all kinds of cool stuff I used to get in Quebec: Patatsfontein, Birichino, Au Bon Climat, Dog Point Vineyard, Filipa Pato, Anselmo Mendes, Thymiopoulos, Kir Yianni, Okro’s Wine, etc, etc, etc. I can just swing by the shop and find some good stuff to grab.
This little goldfish is happy.