Le Mesturet Almanac

Le Mesturet's wine of the week: Le Taillou Château Les Carreyres 2008

Article publié par Alain Fontaine le 21/09/2011 à 13:27
Catégories : About Wine
Tags : Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux

A fine bordeaux, a fine red wine, a Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux AOC LE TAILLOU Château Les Carreyres 2008 A fruity wine, with a nice aromatic aftertaste. It can be drunk now, to enjoy the fruity taste, or in a few years time, with light woody scents. This wine, which we served at Le Mesturet last year, gave us complete satisfaction. Its value for money is unbeatable in this category.

Our thought of the day

Article publié par Alain Fontaine le 20/09/2011 à 12:57
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day

At the gates of hell or the edge of the abyss, man still retains some pride and dignity: this is the resilience of the soul. That is why, whatever our convictions, we must believe in the soul.

Quotation of the day

Article publié par Le Mesturet le 20/09/2011 à 12:56
Catégories : Quotation of the day
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Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. (Gustave Flaubert)

The Mesturet Novel: The Life of Passions

Article publié par Le Mesturet le 14/09/2011 à 17:27
Catégories : The Mesturet Novel
Tags : mesturet novel

A Life of Passions Chapter Two: The Construction, Part Two Pierre started school at the end of September. He had built it up into something of a “mountain”, but he quickly realised that everything was simple and easy and that his initial reticence had been out of proportion. By the end of the second day he was even enjoying taking the bus to Clermont-Ferrand. This enjoyment stemmed not only from wanting to go to school, but also, and perhaps mainly, from the presence of Elodie,...

Our thought of the day

Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 14/09/2011 à 16:21
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
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A rant: on the Left, on the Right, in the Centre and at the extremes, corruption, shady deals, sex scandals, abuses of power, point-scoring…. Stop, please! Do you think for a moment that the people of France, in all their diversity and dignity, deserve these things? We have been walking free and tall for a long time now, because we willed it so. Today, you are...

Quotation of the day

Article publié par Le Mesturet le 14/09/2011 à 16:12
Catégories : Quotation of the day
Tags : quotation of the day

When one bangs one's head against a pot and it echoes, it is not necessarily the pot that is empty. Conficius

One word from Devil's Dictionary

Article publié par Le Mesturet le 14/09/2011 à 16:07
Catégories : The Devil's Dictionary
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MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Our thought of the day

Article publié par Alain Fontaine, the owner le 09/09/2011 à 15:29
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
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Rugby is a fine sport, challenging and convivial, which is played by two teams of fifteen players, face to face. Only one country cheats: New Zealand - their team is their population. Not easy to beat.

Our thought of the day

Article publié par Alain Fontaine le 06/09/2011 à 14:31
Catégories : Our Thought Of the Day
Tags : thought of the day

A village without a school, without a post office, shops or a town hall isn’t a village that people leave, but rather a village where people are told to leave. Rural life could be a motor for growth! Why not?