We've made it to Beaune, France. The little town of Beaune lives on wine. There are caves, or wineries all over the place (think Starbucks). There are such strict regulations on wine here that if you use an irrigation system-you no longer get a gold star next to your name because your grapes are supposed to "struggle" so you make better wine. There is a wine quality control board here that you have to apply to be a member of. If you don't follow thier rules, you get booted out of the club.We got to do a wine tasting and were handed a wine tasting cup. This special tool have concave circles on one half of the cup and concave slanted lines on the other half. What are they for? The circles are for checking the color of the red wines while the slants are for checking the color of white wines. The lady holds her cup up to candle light and instructs us that reds should be the color of rubies, and whites should be the color of gold (not yellow). Very serious.
She leads us through the wine cellar tasting various wines. She goes on to insist you can taste licorice and honey...hmmm, guess my palate is not that sophisticated.
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