I like to think of a bottle of wine as a kind of memory. From the earliest moments of the flowering vine recording the scudding clouds, gentle rains with a taste of salt, the absorption of minerals from the soil left so long ago in the estuary of affluence of the Gironde and Garonne rivers depositing minerals and soil from high in the Pyrenees down into the Aquitaine plane and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Centuries of Gallic cultivation of the best wines and food in the world. I motored from Pte De Grave to Bordeaux a distance of about 73km. Courduan lighthouse marks the entrance. The lighthouse is still manned and has been a historic site since the 18thcentury. This is the beginning of one of the great waterways of the world and the beginning of a truly amazing gastronomic voyage. All that one might know as French, red wine, oysters, mussels, fresh everything, cheese sweets and on and on is right here for the intrepid yachtsmen. Navigating these waters takes some skill and knowledge of handling tides and river flows. For the most part I found I had more anxiety than was warranted.
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