The French Foreign legion

The small and beautiful town Orange in south of France is home to the famous French foreign legion 1er Regiment Etranger de Cavalerie.

The history of the regiment started in 1920s with mostly Russian emigrants from the White Army who fled after the revolution and joined the legion.

Under the II WW was REC in furious fight in both North Africa and also on the mainland Europe to liberate France.

The historic years in French Indochina was bloody with heroic fights until the troops was thrown out of today’s Vietnam.

The regiment was one of the spearheads of the Desert Storm campaign and has been in all the UN lead missions over the years.

Today’s legion are a force with highly motivated and specialised soldiers and a foresee to recon with when shit hits the fan!

“Nec Pluribus Impar”

 

 

Höganäs Saluhall.

Äntligen så har Nordväst Skåne och framförallt Höganäs fått en välbehövlig butik med riktig saluhalls känsla

David som till vardags driver Hotell Grand i Mölle är bakom denna satsning där närproducerat blandas med goda produkter från Medelhavet på ett ytterst smakfullt sätt.

Alla glada hobby kockar har äntligen fått en plats som kan inspirera till stordåd hemma i köken och där råvaror av hög kvalitet finns att finna, bra där David.

Ett café och en restaurang knutet till butiken är ett mycket smart drag och kombinerar detta på ett perfekt sätt allt inramat av butik Magasin 36 med möbler och inredning stort som smått.

Äntligen ett ställe som kommer att sätta lilla Höganäs på mat kartan i Sverige och då i synnerhet Nord Väst Skåne.

Härlet med Möed mad på http://hoganassaluhall.se

Trimbach news and its Wines

Spending some time with one of the best wine producers i Alsace and to try all the wines that Lovely Anne Trimbach puts in front of you is pure magic.

To taste the latest vintages ( some are not realised yet) is always useful and when to understand all the climate changes that’s going on and all the weather impact that’s going on in the vineyard, great fun.

I tried the new silver line that is made of the Riesling from old vines and use to be a part of the yellow line Riesling reserve before and now it is in its own bottle with the new label, great wine that I hope will be in stores very soon.

Clos Saint Hune is always memorable and a fantastic treat, mystical wine that will develop for decades, I wish I could wait J

It is fun to compare different vintages and I always love the lesser (bad) vintages like the 06 Cuvee Frederic Emile Riesling because Trimbach wines always show up more easy in those years and I hate to wait as you know.

The 2005 Pinot Gris Reserve Personnelle and the 2005 Gewurztraminer Cuvee des Seigneurs de Ribeaupierre is fantastic right now and will age for a very long time so buy and store for great moments.

Thanks Anne for always taking such a good care of us.

Cote Brun et Cote Blonde With Ogier

Visiting the Cote – Rotie and spend a whole day out in the vineyards with one of the best producers is truly an satisfying time, great to know more and to understand all the small secrets what makes the wine from this area truly amazing.

My great friend Stephane Ogier and his Swedish fiancée Stina who lives in Ampuis greeted us with the nicest stops on our wine road trip thru France, thanks you guys.

Be able to dig in to Stephane’s barrels and to taste all the samples that will be blended later on is magical and to understand the different terroirs and parcels that he owns around the area including some small parcels in Condrieu, best white wines in south of France I must say.

I am so looking forward to try the bottled wines from these barrels and I can recommend you to try and find some of his wines, you will be surprised of the elegance, fruitiness, complexity, full bodied and polished tannins even at young age.

We both agreed that there are some similarity in the Cote – Rotie wines and great Barolos.

“One of France’s most brilliant small artisanal wineries… Ogier’s wines just keep getting better and better, so if you haven’t yet jumped on the Ogier bandwagon, it’s time to do so.” –Robert Parker