Annette and I celebrated Christmas 2023 and New Year 23/24 at our home in McLean, Virginia, with our 3 daughters and their families as well as with the 3 children of our son. Katharina and Diego flew over from Frankfurt and Cornelia and Chris, with Viatrix and Ernst, from Munich.
December 16
Cornelia arrives.
December 18 - 20
Cornelia and Annette in Charleston, SC.
December 20
Katharina and Diego arrive.
Chesapeak Bagel McLean
Pikoteo McLean
December 21
Dickerson
December 22
Chris, Viatrix, Ernst arrive.
Dinner
December 23
Breakfast
McLean
Katharina, Cornelia and Lorelei
Happy Hour
December 24
Morning
Christmas Cookies
Opa and Lorelei
All Grandchildren
With Grandparents
Dinner
Presents
Headband
Armagnac
Pyjamas
December 25
Dickerson
December 26
Happy Hour
Nightcap
December 27
December 28
Playing
Chuck's Tesla
2014 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Riesling Trocken by Wilhelm Weil and Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) by Chris Tremann, with Ernst cc Loosen Bros USA
Pre-dinner
Dinner
December 29
Pre-breakfast Playing
Breakfast
Jessy and Family
Testing Maison Louis Jadot Bourgogne AC, which we will serve at our new year's party, with Annette SchillerKatharina SchillerMozyninho Paz cc Thibaut Marquis
Lorelei
December 30
Surprise afternoon visit by Naomi Kline McDermott and John, with Stephanie Castelli and Brian. We had a Cremant de Bourgogne Pierre Marie Chermette (imported in the USA by Weygandt Wines), which we visited together on the Bourgogne Tour 2023 by Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours with Annette Schiller . See: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Chermette in Saint-Vérand, Beaujolais, with Martine and Jean-Etienne Chermette - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours http://schiller-wine.blogspot.com/2023/07/vineyard-tour-cellar-tour-and-tasting.html
Wonderful pre-new years's eve dinner with friends hosted by Fuad Issa and Maureen Kelly with Annette SchillerGraydon VandamentStephanie CastelliNaomi Kline McDermottDoug Beakes
December 31
New Year's Eve Party
Monday, January 1, 2024
Cornelia, Chris, Via, Ernst leaving for a beach vacation
Tuesday , January 2
Christian in Dickerson
Wednesday, January 3
Thursday, January 4
Birthday Dorothea
Dinner in Dickerson
Back in McLean (Christian's Birthday after Midnight)
Friday, January 5
Nicaraguan birthday ceviche by Don Diego Mozyninho Paz and Weingut Steininger Gruener Veltliner Ried Loisium 2022
Most interesting tasting of "The Wines of Canada" at the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Wine Society (Chapter Chair: Graydon Vandament). Full house - 42 participants
Saturday, January 6
Chris and Cornelia with Vitatrix and Ernst arrive von Puerto Rico and leave for West Virginia (Chris) and Munich.
At home
Dinner
Bye-bye.
