Tell me you went to Au Pied de Cochon on rue Duluth....I dream of that place.
Nope we didn't unfortunately. L'Express was the only place we booked in advance. I didn't find out about APDC until I checked egullet last night.
Oh well. Next time.
No, that's me, the printer fucked up with the "Q". He has been taken care of.
You must be loaded then.
Your taste sucks, my friend, which surprised me.
It's not about taste, it's about getting your money which I now have thank you.
Ah yes, the "fabulous" SAQ. Granted, I always loved going there in my student days, but then, I was a student and didn't know any better so cheap and dull wine was where it was at...
But more importantly, did you get any shopping done?
Sadly, the last time I was in Montreal, I was probably drinking kamikazes. Or 40s. A teenager, to be precise. Although I did get to see the Cocteau Twins at St. Jean Baptiste.
As far as the SAQ goes, their selection is of course determined by the market. And let's face it: as great a town as is Montreal, the Quebecois do not have the most sophisticated tastes (this is a problem in the rest of Canada too; not to mention New Hampshire and Pennsylvania). Those with more "elevated" taste, i.e., money, buy their Screaming Eagles elsewhere.
However, the preponderance of European wines is not only tasteful, it makes sense economically. I bet a large pile of Canadian francs that sea freight from Bourdeaux is a shitload cheaper than truck from Modesto. And, as I have said before, there is more interesting wine made in, say, Friuli or the Loire Valley, than in all of the US. Which is not to say that that's what the SAQ is bringing in...
There's a dark underbelly to Montreal that easily rivals that of NYC - and it is easier to find. Fuck the wine - find the absinthe.
I guess we'll have to start calling him "Le Sac," eh?
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