
Archive for the Wines Category
Les Chatenay [Chenin]
Posted in Wines with tags Chenin, Cher, French wines, Loire, Touraine, vendanges tardives, white wine on February 20, 2021 by xi'an
Poiré de glace [entre pierre & terre]
Posted in Travel, Wines with tags 2012, ice wine, pear cider, poiré, poiré de glace, Québec, sweet wine on January 20, 2021 by xi'an
CIRM in dire need of help
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life, Wines with tags Cassis, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, CIRM, cofunding, COVID-19, France, Luminy campus, Marseiile, pandemic, Parc National des Calanques, SMF, Société Mathématique de France, sunrise, support, trail running, workshop on November 24, 2020 by xi'anThe International Mathematics Conference Centre, CIRM, located in Luminy, Marseille, France, has been deeply disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 60 % of the events planned there have been cancelled so far and all remaining conferences have gone virtual or at best hybrid, open to a remote audience, including in an interactive way. This has required important and unexpected investments. Furthermore, this crisis happened at the worst possible moment as CIRM had just finished doubling its infrastructure capacities. This is why I strongly support the call from the French Mathematical Society (SMF) to make a donation to CIRM before the end of the year, especially from researchers who benefited from its hospitality and unique environment.
Les Creisses
Posted in pictures, Wines with tags Cabernet, carignan, cinsault, French wines, grenache, Languedoc wines, Les Creisses, mourvèdre, red wine, Syrah on November 20, 2020 by xi'an