It was Michael's birthday weekend
This last weekend we celebrated Michael's birthday. We started on Saturday with a tour of La Rivière cellars then a guided tour at Chateau Guibeau ending with a tour of Saint Emilion and dinner at Amelia Canta. On Sunday we had a long lunch with all our friends at our new place.
Thank you to all of you who drove for hours or sat on a long flight to be here.
Michael felt very celebrated and blessed.
our official photographer
on our way to Chateau Guibeau
lots of laughter and reminiscing
Chateau Guibeau
Brigitte and Eric giving a wine tour
Michael knows so much about wine that he could give a tour
mother and daughter
after the tour we had lunch and tasted their wine
cousins
capturing the moment
on our way to Château de la Riviére
entrance to the wine cellars
My beautiful Mother-in Law Ann
entering the cellars
Château de la Rivière has a staggering 22 hectares of cellars, 8 hectares of which are galleried and used for the maturation of wine.
The cellars are ancient limestone quarries; you can still see where blocks have been painstakingly chocked out, chiseled and hand-cut with a saw. Apparently, some of the rock from here was transported to Paris to make the base of the Eiffel Tower.
During the German occupation the entrance to the cellars was disguised as a religious shrine in an attempt to prevent the army from discovering the huge quantity of wine stored below. On the limestone walls there are dates, numbers and signatures made by members of the French resistance who used the caves as storage for ammunition.
One of the estate’s numerous springs emerges in one of the galleries, but soon heads beneath ground again. 
off to the tasting room
our tour guide
Michael skyping with Andy in California
off we go to St Emilion
had dinner at Amelia Canta in the old jail cell
Stephan gave a teaching on how to taste wine
at the end of the evening we had a hail storm!
The big day, we all woke up early to get the house ready and to prep all the food
couldnt have done it with out their help
Stephan made a special Geraboam bottle of wine for Michael's birthday
first time cooking for 50 people!
Destouet girls
on Monday we had Connie and his girlfriend stop by for lunch
off we go to take tati back to London, lots of traffic
the end to a fabulous weekend
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