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April was a busy month for me on Reign of Terroir. We got off to a less than foolish start with Wine Blogging Wednesday # 44, with a Cabernet Franc theme set by the VaynerMeister himself. For me it was a great excuse to open another of the Loire valley reds stashed after the 2006 summer holiday, in this case the excellent Marchesseau Fils 2003 Bourgueil, Cuvée Vieilles Vignes.

Onto environmental matters with Pesticides in Wine, an article on the issues of chemicals being used in the wine industry, anyone would think I was a serious journalist!

Business in Edinburgh took me to the Loch Fyne Seafood Restaurant in Leith where I had great Fish & Chips washed down with a Muscadet (Loire theme again!). Later on in the month was the Newcastle Spring Wine Fair where I managed to get through almost 40 wines without falling over!

April is birthday month for my family, and for mine I opened A 40 Year Old Wine, my first experience of a really aged bottle - and it wasn't bad! The Nebbiolo d'Alba was last years birthday present from Sarah, this year she got me Indian and Uruguayan wines as I continue my quest to try as many wines from as many countries as possible.

The final post in April was a nod to Earth Day, with Carbon Zero, wine with Green Credentials. I don't drink many New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs but this one was very pleasant as well as environmentally friendly (as much as wine can be I suppose).

Onto May, and what promises to be a quiet month, with not much travel planned at work (catch up time before a rush in late May and June).

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