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Sep 12, 2022Liked by James Breakwell

I laughed through this entire story! My favorite way to start my morning!!!!

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Oh no so sad you've had a bad experience in an obviously profiting French winery ! I'm more in south of France but I've been to some wineries from "côtes du Rhône", exactly "chateauneuf du pape", and it included a museum and 3 short glasses of -excellent- wine to taste, and I insist it was short glasses, not samples ! All for less than 100$ for 2 persons. But your winery being "part" of the cruise thing, I guess they enjoy more than they should with their prices ! Do you remember the name ?

You should definitely organize a second once-in-a-lifetime trip, to south of France this time and discover our wonders, winery, beach, mountains, cities and campaigns in only one county that is a 3 hour drive large 😊

I'm up to drink wine with Lola, harder drinks with you (ever tasted pastis ?), while playing games, I am super multifunctional 😄

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I have to focus on the negative for the sake of comedy, but the winery was fun, just overpriced and lacking in wine. Very, very beautiful, though.

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I have both of those (red) wines, they are some of my favorites. I've never toured the wineries - sounds like I need to!

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I belong to a Whiskey Lovers Club where do do just that. At each monthly meeting the attendees bring a bottle - I only bring Kentucky bourbon - to share. The host provides snacks and everyone compares notes. At the end of the night, if your bottle isn't empty, you can either take it home or leave it as a tip for the host.

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This is an amazing idea.

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Have you made it down to any of the wineries in S. Indiana? There are some pretty good ones along the Uplands Trail, North of Louisville.

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That's a bit too far of a drive for me, but I know there are a ton of them down there.

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Sep 12, 2022·edited Sep 12, 2022

I love going to wineries. I enjoy talking to the owner and learning about the wines they are pouring. I live in Virginia and we have quite a few wineries in the state so I never have to go far to get to one. This coming weekend I will be going to Charlottesville, which has a ton of wineries. It is my best friend’s bachelorette weekend so that is what she wanted to do. We are all close to 40 so it won’t be as scary as it sounds. We will have a driver take us to three wineries and I am pretty excited as I haven’t been to two of them.

Having said all this I would prefer saying at home, as I have quite a bit of wine,and playing games. I don’t like the public either. 😂

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I think Virginia has more wineries than people. Quite a place to live.

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Sep 17, 2022·edited Sep 17, 2022

Your adventures never disappoint in their hilarity, at least form an outsider’s perspective! If you head to San Antonio again, go to their Hill Country wineries. Bring Lola on the trip, but find a designated driver. You can’t throw a stone without hitting a winery. And there’s even an amazing Bourbon distillery (Garrison Brothers) down there too!

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Hoping you get well very soon !

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I think you have something there! We live just a few hours from the Napa/Sonoma wine country. The traffic is alway horrible, the places are expensive, and too many people. Save the gas and the travel and have a potluck wine party. Great idea!

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I like the name potluck wine party. I'm going to have to use that from now on.

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I have a new life goal: play Viticulture in a winery

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I had that thought, too, but it takes a lot of space and a long time to play with six. Plus, we had seven. That last guy ruined it. We played Sunday at home though.

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My regular doctor also owns a winery not far from us on his family's farm. That seems odd to me but he's never even hinted that one glass of wine a day is good for you.

Now that you've taken the tours, just do like your last paragraph says and have your fun at home. And, was this your last trip of your summer of fun?

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I had a great time, even if I'm contractually obliged to play up the negative for the sake of jokes. But I really will be having a wine party at home next time instead.

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That's true, but I was in the wrong mindset. I was impatiently waiting for him to release the friends I brought with me. I should have asked him if he wanted to play a game.

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