[Leica] IMG: An Explanation

[Nathan Wajsman]

Another “not found”…too bad, since I love St-Emilion, both the town and its wines.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 03 May 2015, at 15:56, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> An Explanation...
> ...on a point of importance - either food or wine.
> Private room, Logis de la Cadene, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France.
> Fuji X100S
> See large
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_The+Explanation_Logis+de+la+Cadene.jpg.html
> 
> A bit of background...
> I'd add that this is a wonderful restaurant which is deserving of a Michelin
> star. Its chef Alexandre Baumard is certainly striving for it and some of
> our group - the Compagnons de Bordeaux with some of our wives - went here on
> the first night over. The restaurant is now owned by the Boüard de Laforest
> family who own Chateau Angelus which we've visited in the past.
> 
> The purpose of the Compagnons is to appreciate fine wine and good food, and
> there are forty of us. We keep over one hundred cases of our own wine which
> we drink at our Irish dinners over each year. Some of us have been coming to
> Bordeaux to visit wineries at the better chateaux and eat at some of the
> nicer restaurants for the past number of years. Six of the group did not eat
> here that night, but went to the more famous Hostellerie de Plaisance around
> the corner.
> 
> Myself and the rest of the Cadene group had eaten in HdP before on a few
> occasions, so wanted to try something different. Besides, HdP had lost its
> two star Michelin chef Philippe Etchebest and our six "renegades" were a
> little disappointed with what they got for their money - it's very pricey
> and, dare I say it, maybe is living on past honours. All of us regrouped and
> ate at Cadene again on the last night. The six who didn't before were very
> impressed.
> 
> As for the photography, it's very difficult to take good quality photographs
> when the main purpose of the visit is to learn about the way each chateau
> approaches its winemaking, and also to enjoy wines, food, and company. I
> find it very hard to zone out of that mode to take good images given these
> challenges, not to mention the multiple locations, dark cellars, and
> everything else these visits throw at you - hangovers particularly!
> 
> I have to suffer for my art....
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
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