We had a late breakfast and took the 2:00pm shuttle into Saint Emilion by which time the weather was brightening up. Apart from its reputation as an upmarket wine region it is also an attractive fortified village. It is full of wine caves/shops and one owner we spoke too said that business is poor, even though it is a holiday weekend. There are too many shops for anyone to make any money or the French wine myth has been finally rumbled. The same may be true for fancy restaurants.
We found the one we lunched at on our last visit a few years ago but eventually decided to eat down near the old gate. I had plat du jour, Rosemary had magret du canard avec pommes frites maison (duck and chips). We had a nice glass of a 2005 St Emilion to go with it. Walked back through town to where we bought a grape vine 5 years ago that is now filling our greenhouse. Rosemary's phone has a photo of some of our grapes as a screen saver. We showed the shop owner who seemed quite impressed that they were growing in England (at least he muttered something that seemed complementary).
We will return tomorrow or Monday and maybe buy a couple of bottles of a good vintage wine for Christmas and a grape vine for Mark.
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