All Posts Tagged With: "chennonnceau"

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Bicycle Gourmet’s French History Fiesta

  Bicycle Gourmet’s French History Fiesta goes down every year. All over France.  Usually just for one day.  Sometimes two. And, happily, it’s (mostly) free. While it’s not a holiday in the strict sense of the word, it’s equally, not a day of work. It’s offical title is : “Le Journee Du Patrimoine.” which, loosely translated(and […]

11Feb2021 | | 32 comments | Continued
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Bicycle Gourmet,s Gourmet Rant

French Gourmet. Is there any other kind? Any other possible adjective? Do not “French” and “Gourmet” go together like bread ‘n butter?, like salt ‘n pepper? And more importantly, like wine and cheese?

14Jan2021 | | 23 comments | Continued
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French Wine Cola Marriage

The French Wine Cola Marriage  is the latest wrinkle on the face of French Wine merchandising. It’s, as the name suggests, red wine, “flavored” with a cola. DA BG says : YEEEECH! (and, yes, you may quote me) While some would applaud this as “progress advancement away from traditionalism”, others (myself included) call it for what […]

24Jul2013 | | 21 comments | Continued