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I know, I have been a bad blogger. This month has been a little crazy (to put it mildly) and that has shown here. I have so many cool posts that I’m working on at that I will be finishing soon (among others all my tips for übercool Cologne). So don’t run away just yet, I’m coming back with a bang! Those of you who follow me on Instagram might have noticed that I threw a little dinner party at my apartment yesterday. The dinner party itself was a long time coming and Alpro’s 3-course menu was the perfect excuse.

As I told you yesterday, my trip to the south of France was all about wine. They say that a wine grower doesn’t grow grapes, he grows wine. So what’s so special about growing wine you ask? When visiting the area it becomes very clear that wine making really is a labor of love. It takes a big investment of money and especially time. For example, it takes a farmer several years before he can even make living out of it’s new plants, they have to wait approximately 4 years for the vines to be strong enough. In some winemaking cooperatives (where farmers join forces to produce the wine) they even have to wait until the wine that is delivered gets sold to the end customer. They often say that one plants its vineyards not for himself but for his grandchildren.