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CHRIS DE BURGH TALKS ABOUT HIS LOVE OF GOOD WINE...
| "I do drink on tour,' says the Irish singer-songwriter, 'but it tends to be beer, not wine, and I make sure I drink at least two litres of water a day. Being hydrated is a key thing for a singer, especially if you're spending three hours on stage five nights a week, and wine dehydrates me faster than beer." |
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Chris keeps much of his wine at his home in Ireland which has two wine cellars. "I've got about 300 bottles here and some cases stored at warehouses in England. I tend to cherry pick from various sources and I like to collect single bottles rather than cases."
"Wine
is a combination of things for me, it is art, history, good taste and
sharing. I think the greatest thing about wine is the companionship that
it offers of having fiends together to share in wine and hopefully remember
what it tasted like the next day."
There are some famous names in his wine racks, including Châteaux Haut-Brion, Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Lafleur and Mouton - but de Burgh insists he's not a label drinker. "I don't want to have to make love to a bottle of wine every night. If you take out a bottle of great red Bordeaux, you have to go through the business of decanting it and serving it properly. Sometimes I just want to open something simple and share it with friends."
It was a French wine that provoked his interest in the subject when he was only 14. In the summer months the family opened their family home called Bargy Castle as a hotel to make ends meet. As well as providing in-house entertainment on his guitar, the teenager was put in charge of pouring wines. "We had a cellar with a few good bottles of Burgundy in it, but it was easy to be the sommelier: it was basically a choice of red or white."
Then a shipping magnate called Joe McNerney came to stay at Château de Burgh. In his luggage was a bottle of world-famous Sauternes, a 1962 Château d'Yquem. 'One evening he beckoned me over to his table and gave me a glass of this nectar. My eyes rolled around in my head and I thought: "This is amazing." That's when my love of wine began.' And how well did he sing in the living room concert that night? 'One of my better early shows,' he laughs.
Real Audio - 'You are a wine collector who really enjoys his wines?'
Real Audio - 'How did you start your wine career?'
For more information about wine, also a wine directory designed to help its users find the wine information,source, companies, products and services - visit www.wine-guide.us
This section of www.chrishigh.com is for the fans and fans to be of Chris de Burgh. Check out some of the amazing things to do and see here including:
Chris de Burgh
- The Storyman
The Storyman: An in depth look and latest news.
Chris
de Burgh - The River Sessions
Revealed - this superb new CD recorded in Glasgow
1981.
New
Album by Chris de Burgh
Chris High reviews the new album from Chris de
Burgh.
Ferryman
Productions
Unofficial information about Ferryman Productions
Ltd.
Rosanna Davison
Biography of Miss Ireland 2003/ Miss World 2003
plus latest information.
CdeB
Rare Facts
A collection of hard to find and uncommon CdeB
facts.
The
Chris de Burgh Story
A ten minute streaming video presentation - 'The
Early Years'.
There's
a New Star Up In Heaven Tonight
A tribute to Princess Diana and her connection
with Chris de Burgh.
Chris
de Burgh on songwriting
Quotes on the songwriting process from Chris de
Burgh.
Chris
de Burgh Guitar Solos and Riffs
A look at some of the amazing guitar solos
in CdeB album tracks.
Chris
de Burgh The Simple Truth 1991
An in depth look at The Simple Truth concert
of 1991 in aid of Kurdish Refugees including pictures and streaming video.
Chris
de Burgh Record Collector
Chris de Burgh has featured twice in Record
Collector Magazine.
Mike
Doud art for Chris de Burgh
The paintings of Mike Doud for the 1986 Chris
de Burgh records.
Bargy
Castle - Interactive Tour
An imaginary tour of Bargy Castle by Chris de
Burgh himself.
Chris
de Burgh - Soundalikes
An in depth look at the Chris de Burgh Soundalike/Tribute
acts.
Chris
de Burgh - A Child Is Born
This
truly amazing 2 minute video shows Chris de Burgh morphing from a baby
to the present day - awesome!
Chris
de Burgh - This Is Your Life
A
Flash presentation adapted from the UK British TV series in 1992.
Chris
de Burgh - Memory Games
A Selection of CdeB memory games to test you.
Chris
de Burgh - Album Covers Game
How well do you know the CdeB album covers? Why
not test yourself here.
Chris
de Burgh - Song Title Quiz
Can you work out the clues to discover the correct
CdeB song titles?
Chris
de Burgh - Picture Puzzles
Rearrange these 5 CdeB single covers online -
dynamic puzzles.
Chris
de Burgh Java Applet Games
Highly addictive Chris de Burgh Java games - Great
Fun!
Chris
de Burgh Crossword Puzzles
Either play online or print out to do later, both
easy and hard levels.
Chris
de Burgh Competition
A Chris de Burgh MP3 music quiz - win a copy of
'Untrained Melodies'.
Chris
de Burgh DHTML Zone
Dynamic HTML effects, just a bit of fun with some
familiar pictures.
Chris
de Burgh - Subliminal
A look at the possibility of reverse lyrics found
in Chris de Burgh songs.
Chris
de Burgh links
We've scanned the Internet to bring you some of
the best CdeB websites.
While visiting this site, we sincerely hope you have time to check out some of the writing and work by Chris High. Chris has written many reviews and short stories which can be found online here at www.chrishigh.com
break the rules as I see fit.” - Chris High 2003.