Jumelage Celebration @ Beaune, France
{email from Denis Toner}
"Greetings from Nantucket! I am very pleased to announce the program for the celebration of the twinning of Nantucket and Beaune, to be held in Beaune from October 19-22, 2006. This promises to be a great event filled with bonhomie and amitie, superlative cuisine and wine, and a rather intensive immersion into the history and culture of Beaune. In some respects, this can be considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"We have put together three different packages for those friends who are interested. The packages do not include travel and lodging. When you sign up for a package, we will send you a check-off sheet so that you can indicate the specific events you want to attend. Reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.
"Package A: The program with dinners, lunches, and brunch: $600/ person
"Package B: The program with dinners (no lunches or brunch): $390/ person
"Package C: The program with lunches and brunch (no dinners): $225/person
"Obviously, availability is limited, and I expect that the event will sell out quickly. We must send the final list of attendees to the mayor by September 15th.
"Please get back to me at your earliest convenience. Checks can be made payable to “Batard et Fils Imports”, and mailed to PO Box 306, Nantucket, MA 02554. They are nonrefundable.
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"THE PROGRAM
"Thursday, October 19, 2006
6:00 pm: Official reception in the cellar of the town hall in Beaune
7:30 pm : Dinner at Maison Latour with Louis Latour V
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"Friday, October 20, 2006
9:30-11:30 am: Choice of activities (for groups of 30 people). Program to be repeated in afternoon.
A: Visit to the new fermenting hall of the Hospices and visit to the Hospices
B: Tour of Beaune and of the Wine Museum with Chantal Leroux and visit to the cellar at Maison Bouchard
12:30 pm: Choice of luncheons:
A : special lunch at Ma Cuisine honoring the jumelage (15 seats available to guests). Spectacular lunch with great wine and the outstanding cuisine of Fabienne Escoffier. The wine list has been rated France’s best bistro wine list and is managed with imperial grace by Pierre Escoffier. (We are awaiting confirmation of this luncheon.)
B : Winemaker lunch at a great local restaurant. Winemaker and restaurant to be determined.
2:30-4:30 pm: Choice of activities (for groups of 30 people):
A: Visit to the new fermenting hall of the Hospices and visit to the Hospices
B: Tour of Beaune and of the Wine Museum with Chantal Leroux and visit to the cellar at Maison Bouchard
7:00 pm: Dinner at Maison Drouhin with a member of the Drouhin family
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"Saturday, October 21, 2006
Morning: Free time, visit the market in Beaune
12 :30 pm winemaker luncheons throughout town (total of 40 seats available, with 10-15 at each restaurant).
3:00 pm : Ceremony with deposit of sheaf at the Camp Américain, little exposure of photographs of Philippe Roux at the village hall of the Camp Américain
4:15 pm: Visit of the cellar at Maison Patriarche
6:30 pm: Official ceremony with the signature of the charter of twinning in the court of the Hospices
8:00 pm : Dinner and live jazz in the courtyard between MaisonAlex Gambal and the residences of Denis and Susan Toner and John Hayes. Wines by Maison Alex Gambal and cuisine by Chef Jean-Pierre Senelet of L’Ecusson restaurant in Beaune (featured in the Wine Spectator). Promises to be a great evening.
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"Sunday, October 22, 2006
Religious office
Brunch in the room of the Montagnards in Beaune."
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Denis Toner
email: winetone@nantucket.net
office: 508.228.1128
winetone@nantucket.net
mobile: 508.680.6674