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Very tired at this point, even though I had a long night of sleep. I guess these things are always a bit of an ordeal. I don't think I could handle a real wine trip. But of course that's not my business. I can see that Mike is good at it.
It's late morning now and we're getting ready to leave the Steigenberger Avance Hotel in Krems. Long drive (3 plus hours) to the final wine maker today. They have kidnapped us for the afternoon, evening, and night. Nobody is sure what to expect from this one. I'm not familiar with their wines at all.
It has been very foggy every day, so it's hard to get too much sense of the country side. Rudi Pichler took us up into the steeply terraced gruner veltliner vinyards. The stone work of the terraces is very impressive. Quite ancient stuff. We would have had some great views of the Wachau valley, but it was left mostly to our imagination. Looks like more of the same today.
Everyone is getting along well. It's nice to have the laptop, and all my music, in the car. Now if only there was wi-fi data connections everywhere.
Tomorrow we're headed back into Vienna.
It's not the morning yet, but I think I made it. Amazing. Nice to have an internet terminal in the lobby.
I've still been dreaming a lot every night, but not so dramtically. In between each dream I wake up and think about the picture upload system which is really bugging me. I know I don't have it thought out correctly. But I have some new ideas I'll run by Tom when I get home. I think I might be close to the solution. It's comforting to have a problem in any case.
And, oh yeah, the wine is out of control.
Well, of course I had the schedule a little wrong. Tuesday we were still in Vienna. Had a massive lunch where I ate some pork and duck (ok, just a bite or two.) We took it easy last night, and then this morning we were up early to get the car.
Morning appointment at my favorite wine maker, Knoll. Maybe Frank remembers from GSI. We got the tour and then tasted 4 2002 from the barell and then a bunch of 2001's in the celler with Emerich Jr. After that we got a quick lunch and then another tasting with Rudi Pichler.
After that I was basically out of gas, but the Wheel keeps turning, and all that, so now after checking into the hotel we're headed back to Knoll for dinner. More in the morning if I make it.