This promises to be a special event for any one who can get to Sardinia in May, 2015… JJ
I remind you that the end of the month is the last time for booking the V° International Zafarrancho of the Lakes in Cagliari – Sardinia May 1->3, 2015
Fraternally –
CN: Cesare Lucini Via San salvatore 6 6900 PARADISO (CH)
Tel. (+41 91) 993 34 20 Tel. Prof. (+41 91) 993 34 63 Mobile (+41 76) 393 34 63
mail: cesare@lucini.ch
Cagliari – Swiss Lake Zaf Read More »
It seems there is no official depository of photographs nor account of the formidable ZAF on the River Seine. However, these can be of some interest.
Techical note: this is a sticky post: it will remain on top of any newer post until the web administrator delete this “STICKY” flag )
I’ll be happy to amend this post to include direct links to any photo album .
Paris- Some souvenirs from the France’s ZAF – September 2014 Read More »
Jack Goodrich was inducted into the BOC in December 2000. He was a Viet Nam veteran and served in the Navy as an officer. He was a initially a carrier pilot, and later transferred as a skipper of a “swift boat” of the riverine force based near the MeKong Delta. After returning to the states and being discharged, he went into banking from which he retired.
In retirement he lived on northern Long Boat Key,FL and greatly enjoyed sail boating, until the last several years when he sold the sailboat and obtained a 21′ Center Console. He was married for almost three decades to Peggy Arnett Goodrich, who preceded him in death in 2010. Jack struggled with illness over the last several years of his life, but that did not keep him from enjoying his friends, family, and dog Sailor. He leaves a son John of San Diego, CA, and a daughter Johanna of Kensington, MD. Jack was 74 at the time of his passing.
Jack Goodrich passes away. Read More »
Patrick has reworked the logo , easier to include on gifts, embroidery and the likes…
Logo suitable for embroidery Read More »
Lawrence (Larry) T. Jones , 88, passed away March 24, 2014, the day after spending his last birthday with his son and grandson. He was born March 23, 1926 in New York,
to David and Virginia Jones. He served in the US Navy and US Coast Guard during WWII and Korean Conflict. He worked for Shell Oil for 43 years and was a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Jean M. Jones, 85, passed away April 23, 2014. She was born on December 21, 1928 in Mount Vernon, New York. Jean was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved the theater and sailing. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rockport, Texas.
Larry (Rumline) and his Captive Jean were very active and instrumental in starting Brotherhood of the Coast Tables in Florida and Texas. Larry proudly flew his #155 BOC flag in 5 different tables. He was a past Captain of Corpus Christi Table.
Larry and Jean were always together and passed less than a month apart. They will be missed by all that were lucky enough to have known them.
Orza!
Rumline-Larry T. Jones sails away. Read More »
Jacques Recht, Eastern Winemaster and Brother
By Hudson Cattell 2009-3-11 16:23:26
He made wine in Europe and Virginia, and wrote 123 columns for Wine East.
He was the Brother who with Jacques Arial, created the first roster. 
Montross, Virginia — Dr. Jacques A. Recht, one of the best known winemakers in the East, died here on Sunday, March 8. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 30, 1930, he had a long career in wine in Europe and North Africa before becoming the winemaster at Ingleside Plantation in 1980. He dies at 78 in Oak Grove, Virginia
By Hudson Cattell 2009-3-11 16:23:26
Before and after his retirement in 1995, he consulted for many wineries in Virginia, New York and Texas. He was also known for writing 123 winemaking columns in Wine East magazine over a 25-year period from 1983 to 2008. His column, “From Enopion’s Scrolls,” always began with a vignette attributed to the mythological Greek winemaker Enopion that became very popular with readers.
In 1952, Recht graduated as ing¨¦nieur with honors at the Brussels Fermentation Institute, a subsidiary of Brussels University. After serving as a commissioned officer in the Belgian army, he studied with noted French enologists Jean Ribereau-Gayon and Emile Peynaud and spent several months as a trainee at the Maison des Vins Nicholas in Paris.
Recht opened his own wine lab in Brussels in 1959, lectured at the Fermentation Institute and consulted in Belgium, France and Greece. Ten years later, Booz Allen & Hamilton Management Consultants asked him to head a vine rejuvenation project in Algeria. When the first phase was completed in 1972, Recht, now a vice-president of Booz Allen & Hamilton International, became responsible for programming other wine and food projects throughout the Mediterranean area.
Sailing was another passion, one which he shared with his wife Liliane, whom he married in 1954. He was the skipper of the syndicate boat of the Belgium Ocean Racing Club and the navigation instructor in the Belgian Ministry of Education and Sports, which included being responsible for training at five yacht clubs in Belgium. In the l960s he authored a book on navigation and celestial navigation that became a standard textbook for yachting.
In 1979, Recht decided to take an early retirement, sell his lab and embark on a cruise around the world with Liliane in their Polynesian 36-foot catamaran. In July, 1980, they sailed up the Potomac and met Carl Flemer and his son Doug at Ingleside. They asked Recht for his help in making wine for them for three weeks. Those three weeks, as Recht once put it, “shackled a very heavy anchor to their boat” and led to their settling in Virginia and starting a new winemaking career.
Recht had a long list of professional memberships in the United States and abroad. In November, 2007, he was honored by the American Wine Society for influencing the development of wine production throughout the eastern United States.
