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>| The levee has also broken through on the Metarie side.
>| Martin Wine Cellar has a huge store on Veterans Blvd
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>It's incomprehensible. And New Orleans is just one of the affected cities.
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>I was at Martin's on Veteran's a few months ago, little group of locals did
>a wine tasting. I noticed how the particular fresh hamburger served at
>Martin's delicatessen was creative. Visited a couple of other good wine
>shops too. To say nothing of people and restaurants. I just received a
>newsletter by post from Marisol, an eclectic restaurant on Esplanade near
>the river.
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>The New Orleans dam and pump failures (I'm using the general word "dam;"
>it's a sub-sea-level city like some in the Netherlands) happened in the last
>24 hours or so, well after the hurricane had passed. Current news reports
>say that the city of 500,000 has no drinking water or electricity and is on
>the verge of martial law.
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>-- Max
Max,
On a wine-note, regarding Martin's Metairie shop - when I was in NO for the
Wine & Food Experience, in May, I stopped by that store. I was gathering up
about 2 cases of wines for our personal consumption during the week. The
manager asked if he could help me, and I inquired about some Zinfandel. He did
not have that producer, but said that he DID have some Turleys "for his good
customers." I explained that I lived in PHX and had not shopped at either
Martins in a few years, so I was hardly a "good customer." He disappeared,
only to return with 6 btls of Turley, priced at about vineyard list, and stuck
them in my basket. I cannot say enough about those two stores, and their
people, and wish them all the best of circumstances in this horrible tale.
Though I have been a customer of theirs from back in the 1970's, I have not
lived in NO since 1980, and only shop the Martin's about twice per year, I
will always be faithful to them, and will be back, as soon as they are.
Thanks for the reflections,
Hunt
PS I hope to do the Los Gatos scene soon
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