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Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year in ... - 12/31/2013 5:42:50 PM   
gharbour

 

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Status: offline 		This series of posts is the continuing saga of a father helping his son (Nicholas) and daughter-in-law (Colleen) realize their dream of starting a winery (www.MaisonHarbour.com) in Burgundy, France. If you didn’t catch my earlier posts please find links to the old posts at the end of this post.

What wonderful year it was for Maison Harbour. Now that I have a few months of perspective I can truly say it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The wines are sleeping in the barrel cave now. Burgundy is under a blanket of white and cold. Planning for the restoration of the house at Maison Harbour is well underway and Nicholas and Colleen are busy searching for new vineyards to add to the winery next year.



For those you who followed along and want to see an update follow the link below to see great video highlights from 2013. Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you enjoy it.

2013 in Review

A Bientôt
Gary

Week 1 - The Story Begins
Week 2 - Departure
Week 3 - Work Begins
Week 4 - Shopping for Equipment
Week 5 - The Douane
Week 6 - Beautiful Premier Cru Grapes
Week 6.1 Savigny En Tous Sens
Week 7 - Disaster Strikes
Week 8 - Starting Again
Week 9 - Vacation Time in France
Week 10 - Vacation Ends and Work Resumes
Week 11 - New Floor Concrete Pour
Week 12 - Summer Adventure in Burgundy 12 - Cave Repairs and Soutirage
Week 13 - Power Outage
Week 14 - Gevrey Chambertin
Week 15 - Another Brick in the Wall
Week 16 - Les Vendanges Approches
Week 17 - Big News with the Vendange
Week 18 - La Vendange est Terminée
Week 19 - Combe Au Moine - Back in the USA
Week 20 - Bonus Post Pressing the Reds


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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 12/31/2013 6:22:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you Gary for sharing this adventure with us.  Definitely a highlight of 2013.   Cheers to you and Nicholas and Colleen for a Happy 2014!.

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 12/31/2013 6:50:44 PM   
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(what Chris said)

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 12/31/2013 7:09:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Always nice to see updates, thanks Gary.

Hoping to make it to Burgundy in '14 and pay a visit to Maison Harbour.

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 12:19:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		I can only say great fortitude to start a winery, especially in France. Have a great year! A surfer buddy likes Harbour boards.

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 5:07:49 PM   
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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 5:39:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hello, I'm relatively new here but saw this post and checked out the rest of the series. I want to add my thanks and compliments to the others here. Great, fascinating stuff! You really should put this into a book form.

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:15:00 PM   
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Thank you Gary for sharing this adventure with us.  Definitely a highlight of 2013.   Cheers to you and Nicholas and Colleen for a Happy 2014!.


Thanks Chris, Happy New Year may Bacchus smile on you in 2014! Cheers Gary


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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:19:15 PM   
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Cheers!
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Thanks and Cheers Scott. It started getting cold here in SC this afternoon. Hope you stay a little warmer over in Charleston.

Gary

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:23:40 PM   
gharbour

 

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Always nice to see updates, thanks Gary.

Hoping to make it to Burgundy in '14 and pay a visit to Maison Harbour.


Robert,

Glad you enjoyed the update. Nicholas and Colleen are looking forward to seeing you at Maison Harbour for a barrel tasting. I hope I'm around when you come. Looks like July - Sept for us this year.

Caio,
Gary

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:33:22 PM   
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I can only say great fortitude to start a winery, especially in France. Have a great year! A surfer buddy likes Harbour boards.


Hi Dennis,

Fortitude is exactly right. The electrical was the prime example of that. Nicholas ordered it in March and only after great diligence and fortitude on his part did it get turned on at the end end of September only the day before our first harvest.

Don't know if you noticed Nicholas wearing the Harbour Surfboards Tee shirt in one of the photos in post 17. It was given to him by John Eaton from Wisconsin when they visited Maison Harbour last summer.

Best,
Gary

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:34:51 PM   
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Thanks for the update Gary.



Darren,

Thanks again for following along with me last summer.

Best,
Gary


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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:39:36 PM   
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Hello, I'm relatively new here but saw this post and checked out the rest of the series. I want to add my thanks and compliments to the others here. Great, fascinating stuff! You really should put this into a book form.


Hey Chip,

Glad you enjoyed reading the posts. I wasn't sure about doing them, but with the supportive following I had here on CT I was motivated to hit my Happy Burgundy Thursday deadlines all summer!

By the way is Merlot your last name? If so that's pretty cool.

Salut,
Gary


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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/1/2014 6:51:42 PM   
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Thanks and Cheers Scott. It started getting cold here in SC this afternoon. Hope you stay a little warmer over in Charleston.

Gary

We're in West Palm Beach
It's 77 F

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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/2/2014 7:57:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gary,

Thanks again for bringing us along for the ride this summer. As CiS noted above, your weekly postings were a highlight of the year on CT.

Cheers,

Eric


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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/2/2014 11:20:09 AM   
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RE: Summer Adventure in Burgundy 21 - Winter and a Year... - 1/2/2014 11:58:06 PM   
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Thanks for sharing Gary, and please keep on doing so whenever you feel like it

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