Marcie & Anne:

Thanks for recommending Alain. He's available, so we've booked him. Our interests are also Rothschild, as well as Haut-Brion, Margaux, and Pontet-Canet (Hiro and I bought futures at Pontet-Canet last year for the marvelous '03 vintage, so I'm looking forward to visiting my little darlings before they get shipped to Los Angeles for a ten year "Big Sleep"!) Unfortunately, September 3rd is a Saturday, and all of the above chateau's are "closed". Luckily, we have friends in the biz who'll "make them an offer they can't refuse" in order to open up! :)

JoAnn: My partner Hiro and I look forward to meeting you and your husband aboard the ship! We're in cabin #754, so please drop us a line so we can have martinis or dinner or both. :)

Cheers,

Eric