After the October trip to Bordeaux and Gigondas there was one outstanding issue regarding the refill of Piet's wine cellar: there were less than 5 bottles Champagne left! To address this Piet, and his friend Frits, did a raid to the Champagne. They left Friday morning, and arrived in the Montagne de Reims region just after lunch. They made appointments with several winemakers, and enjoyed hospitality, a good conversation and of course the Champagnes of Braconnier-Baudot, Louis de Sacy, Barnaut and Tritant. The day was wrapped up in Epernay with dinner in Le Theatre.
The next morning the Cote de Blancs was attacked in similar fashion, with visits to Gimonnet, Hugues Populus and Bouche. They left the area around lunchtime, with the car full of boxes of Champagne. After arriving home early evening Mary and Piet tasted the first bottle of the new harvest!
