I am still flush with excitement from the Champions League action – the knockout stage began today – with all four of my teams playing at the same time (two of them against each other.) For those of you who don’t know, my huge passion outside of Burgs/Pinot is soccer – the game called football by the rest of the world. I somehow managed to keep my eye on three games at once today – Inter-Milan v Man U on ESPN2, Lyon v Barcelona on my laptop, and Arsenal v Roma on another computer. Arsenal won, while the other two were ties – (draws, in the vernacular of the game) – 0-0 and 1-1 respectively. Now they all go play each other again in two weeks, to decide who moves on to the quarterfinals. There are four more games tomorrow, but I’m only interested in the Chelsea v Juventus and Real Madrid v Liverpool matches – I’ll try to confine my viewing to only one game, probably Madrid/Liverpool, as it should have the most action… (For the record, “my” teams are Arsenal in England, Lyon in France, Inter in Itialy and Barcelona in Spain. When they win, I am happy. When they don’t – best not to approach me for a while….)

We are in the planning stages of putting together a viewing/tasting/eating event in Portland for the Champions League final coming up in May – if you’re interested, watch this space for details as they develop…

I’m really looking forward to teaching our sold-out Vosne-Romanée seminar at the winery on Saturday night, and then our first ever “Touring & Tasting in Burgundy” class on AMrch 14th. If you’ve ever wanted to visit the land of the Grand Crus – this will be a fun-packed and informative class – sort of a combination travelogue and  practical guide to visiting the region, with tons of pictures, and of course great wines, cheese and charcuterie. This is the only seminar this year that still has a few seats available – so please join us if you can (just like being there, only a hell of a lot cheaper!)

And here’s the hero of the day, Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie – slotting home the winner against Roma…

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