A Tale of Two Cities

 I have just returned from a wonderful trip to the South.  Bill Walker, our representative in Arkansas set up quite an impressive agenda for me with visits both in Little Rock, his home town, and a day in Memphis.   Little Rock impressed me with wonderfully warm, hospitable people, great food, and a lively nighttime scene.  It was amazing to see our wines on so many wine lists at restaurants and wine bars, as well as being sold by passionate, knowledgeable salespeople in wine stores.  And, of course,  a huge thank you has to go out to Moon Distributors, who are our voice in Little Rock.  Thank you all, for being such staunch supporters of what we are doing here at Anne Amie!
Pictured  above, was one of my favorites stops , a wonderful down-home haunt in downtown Little Rock  called the Flying Fish restaurant.  Bill and I are in front of a whole wall of singin' Billy Bass fish.  You see, if you bring in your Billy Bass and sign the appropriate adoption papers, you can walk away with a free catfish platter , and your Billy can school with hundreds of others.  I love irreverent humor and  impromptu art and I think this place just struck home- not to mention they had frog legs on the menu!

I would also like to mention Ferneau, SO , and the Crush Wine Bar.  All three places are worth a visit when in Little Rock.  To see our wines placed next to creative dishes prepared by the likes of Donnie Ferneau is wonderful.  Donnie makes a mean crab cake that just screams for some Anne Amie pinot gris to be paired with it.

In Memphis I visited several accounts including the mind-boggling Buster's, which had a whole section just for Port and Sherry.  For a fortified vinophile such as myself, I had to exercise extreme caution while I was there.  My thanks to Chris Glanker and his crew at Athens Distributing for all their hard work introducing Anne Amie to the Memphis area.

I'll talk more about the Capital Hotel and Emeril's dinner next time I check in.

Until then, embrace your inner Southerner.