09/04/2013
Below is an email from our first guest since we bought out our French partners (and made many improvements to the house). Read what she had to say about her visit two weeks ago:
Oh Christie, I owe you a huge thank you for the most memorable vacation ever! I was going to sit down and send you an email today, I feel like my brain is still in France, it is so tough being back home. Your house was the highlight of the trip, it truly was perfect.
We walked in the door and instantly felt at home, so warm and cozy especially since the weather was cold. The floor plan is perfect, more than enough room for 2 couples, the split levels makes for so much privacy and the rooms are all so spacious. Everything is furnished to perfection and your choice of paint colors couldn't have been better. There was everything there we could possibly need and then some.
We walked into town every morning to get pastries, had wonderful breakfasts around your kitchen table! We did call and arrange a bike tour from a pamphlet we found at the house, met the guide in Beaune and he was shocked that we showed up because it was snowing. The most exciting bike ride ever, rode through the snow through vineyards and stopped at a winery owned by a mother and son who had a roaring fire going in the fireplace and even baked us fresh cheese puffs, it will be a memory we will all carry forever.
We did spend some time in Beaune, took a long walk through the vineyards in Meursault, they were completing their pruning and burning their clipping in those amazing barrels that push around the vineyard. Amazing to see the soil types as you climb up the hills, it now makes sense to me when people talk about "minerality" in wine.
We ate 2 dinners in Meursault which were both wonderful, one was the one with the deer heads of various types on the wall [called Le Chevreuil], fantastic! Natalie was great, we had one evening when the power went out, we had the washer and dryer on and her husband came out quickly and flipped the fuse and all was well.
I can't imagine what you could do to improve anything, it was perfect and we thank you so much! Thanks Michael for the wine, what a nice welcome and so delicious! Talk to you soon, and thanks for the memories, Amy
