Oct 4, 2021
Here, a little Mercurey. Frederic was getting to the age where he only received bottles of wine on his birthday. He liked to give them in return, even though he was neither a particular connoisseur nor a particular wine lover, but there was a little statutory aspect to it, which said as much about the giver as the receiver, and which he liked, like a sort of modern potlatch after all.
He had thought at one point of giving books, which he could have dedicated, pretending that these gifts were personalised, but he had changed his mind. At least a bottle, he was sure it would be drunk!
