Mike Tommasi wrote:

> If you have time, drop in on monday the 7th at the Sofitel in
> Marseille, for the official presentation of the 2003 vintage of
> Chateauneuf...
>
> We are waiting for you Mark

Temptation, thy name is Tommasi! ;-) Would that I could, Mike, but I'm
even farther from Marseille than usual at the moment. (In the back of
my unruly mind, I hear a song from a late-'70s Aussie band, The Angels,
"[Take Me Away to] Marseilles")

I'll eagerly await hearing your report, though. I'm leery of what to
expect from that heat-soaked year. IIRC, though, Grenache is supposed
to be drought- and heat-resistant, so maybe we'll get some Rayas-like wines.

Mark Lipton