First of all, receiving the wine was an ordeal in itself. Originally scheduled to arrive Monday morning, it finally made it to the house Wednesday afternoon, four hours before the tasting.
After twice sending trucks that were too big to make it through the narrow street, the shipping company sent a large truck once again Wednesday morning. We all just wondered how could a shipping company mess up three times by sending the wrong truck? Well, they believed the issue would be ameliorated by sending a smaller truck, however they would first have to return to Basel and transfer the two wine pallets. We couldn't really object even though the past two days had been ruined waiting for the never arriving wine.
Finally the wine arrived Wednesday at 3. Not surprisingly, they sent a large truck again. However the young strapping drivers deftly navigated the construction area and narrow street in revers to deliver us the wine.
When I say two pallets of wine I mean to say I have never seen so much wine in my life. We unloaded box after box of wine direct from South Africa.
Unfortunately, several bottles were missing. These bottles weren't just any bottles. These bottles were the equivalent of commissioned paintings. Eight magnums (!!!) of wine composed specially to age 15 years for the tastes of Amelie. Of all the hundreds of bottles of wine the priceless ones were stolen.
Not even American Express can replace that.
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