En route for the capital

Strange how human beings change. Although I lived 20 years in Paris with happiness, to return there doesn’t bring me any real pleasure. Oh, I know that once my feet touch the ground of the airport, I am going to find my old habits, my step will pick up, and finally, after a few hours, [...]

The first ‘Salon des Vins d’Auteurs’

Scarcely returned from Vinexpo and after two days of sorting out problems and doing paperwork, it’s time to repack the car, direction Gap, for the first Salons des Vins d’Auteurs, the latest idea of two of my oldest, very oldest friends, François Briclot (of le Rouge-Gorge, famous wine bar in Paris) and Dominique David our [...]

The day of the fake

Well, it’s slightly off the point but the day before yesterday, whilst looking at various subjects about Thailand, including the winding road of fraudulent imitation, I thought these pictures might be amusing…
Bangkok. Opposite the hotel where we were organising a tasting, a drab supermarket, open 24 hours a day. I had forgotten my washbag [...]