Stage 12: Lavelanet --> Narbonne

We had a vegetarian guest last night and so defaulted to food now common to most of France:

• Tapenade, green beans, and croutes
• North African vegetables and Harissa
  
• Couscous
• Chapel Hill Creamery farmers' cheese with brown bread
• Cherries

W drank a lovely wine from Wine Authorities with the cheese: a 2006 Corbieres Rouge from Chateau Gasparets. Seth and Craig describe it as "An international style with sweet red fruit, vanilla, clove and essence of garrigue (wild herbs). The vineyards are way up high and very rocky lending to a style that shows black tar and earth under the fruit. Oak barrel aging adds the smoke and all together you get a dynamic, friendly red with polished fruit and amazing drinkability." They only have 19 bottles ($9.99) left as of this morning, so I think I'll make a trip there today to pick up a bottle or two.

If you haven't been to Wine Authorities yet, go. It's fabulous.