The last two weeks we have been "social distancing" like everybody else in the UK even though we believe that we have both had the Covid 19 infection. I felt the infection in late January and it ran on until the first week in February and my wife had a weaker set of symptoms in early February. We cannot prove this but I certainly feel that I had the virus before the furore started. Many other people that I know experienced something similar. At one point my temperature reached 37.9C and I was about to 'phone the doctor but it fell the next day to 37.4 C, and I felt in the clear. At one point I felt as if my lungs were under attack even though I could breathe properly. We will never know whether we caught the virus or not until a test is available; up until then we shall remain vigilant.
I feel a little bit awkward writing a wine blog and still enjoying a good glass of wine with the good food which is still available - but for how long? We are lucky we have plenty of room and a back garden where we can exercise and a nature reserve just up the road where we can run or walk everyday. We don't feel as if we are under house arrest as many people do if they are living in a flat and can't get outside. If they are living in overcrowded conditions with frustrated children. If they are living with an abusive partner. My wife and I get along really well ,and there have been no arguments; we could carry on like this for months if needs be -as long as we can enjoy good food and wine.
The health care and public services people are heroes, they are putting their lives at risk by working without the protection they should have been provided with. So I drink a toast to them and to all those patients who have recovered and also to the unfortunate dead and their family and friends.
The health professionals are always going on about drinking too much. My wife and I do not count the wine bottles we drink, but today I looked into the recycling bin and calculate that we have drunk 6 bottles of wine in just over two weeks. This is below the health advice which we have been ignoring - it is unconscious common sense.
One of the best bottles of wine that we drank was Alain Mathias Chablis 2018. We visited his caves last year in the charming town of Tonnerre in the Yonne department of Bourgogne. We bought half a case so the remaining 5 bottles will be kept. This is superb wine which is typical of the Chablis growing area. We drank this wine with farm reared chicken - roasted. The remaining chicken was made into a "cawl" soup which we ate the following night with the remaining half bottle. Superb wine which must be kept and superb value for money.
http://www.domainealainmathias.com/
Another great wine was a half- bottle of Mathieu Antunes Chablis 2014. This originates from the Yonne and we often drink this wine when we visit restaurants in the area. We were given this wine by our cousin who lives in the Yonne -so three cheers for her. We fear that we won't be seeing her and her family again for a while. This wine went down so well with oysters which taste better for me with chablis rather than vodka.
https://www.vivino.com/antunes-matthieu-chablis/w/1556200?year=U.V.
We are on a semi-mediterranean diet to keep our weight and blood pressure down and it's working, I think. However, we cannot resist laying off the fish and white meat once a week to eat some high quality beef and lamb from our local butcher. What better way to eat good roast beef other than with a bottle 2017 Château Jansenant, Cotes de Bourg Red AOP. This is excellent prize winning wine which shows all of the character of one of my favourite regions.
These wines are well worthy of any accolades that they have been given. I wish everyone good health.
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