BOURGOGNE
 SIEGE SOCIAL								   EXPLOITATION	       
Adresse postale et Bureaux					   Caves  &  Chais
La Garelle – Route d’Ivry						 16 rue Pierre Joigneaux                      
21630   POMMARD 						   21200   BEAUNE
DOMAINE A.F. GROS
          &
 FRANCOIS PARENT  SARL     CHATEAU DES GUETTES
France
www.af-gros.com
www.parent-pommard.com
	
Téléphone			(33) 03  80. 22.61.85
Fax				(33) 03  80. 24.03.16 
                                   Fax Tel Cuverie                      (33) 03  80.24.61.26

A l’attention de : Mr.  George DERBALIAN – Atherton Wine Imports
  FAX :001.650.323.9742
Date : 08.09.2003
Number of page(s) : 

Dear George,

Thank you for your fax dated from 7th September.

We just finish the second part of harvest in Hautes Cotes.
We have begun very early (23rd of august for harvest in Côte !….  harvest in August never seen  in Burgundy since 1895)
Great quality but less than half a  normal crop in 2003… so, SMALL , SMALL quantities

Vintage 2002 was also  smaller than usual… if you remember

That is the reason why it is  really impossible to reduce the prices as you proposed in your fax with the wines of 2001
BUT We have studied what we could do = 
To begin to introduce the wine 
and to help  (exceptionally due to the difficult market in USA)
We could offer a   5 %   discount on our current usual  price for this first order
and if you take   : minimum what you have chosen + with some generics that have forgotten 

Awaiting your reply -  Kindest Regards 

François et Anne-Françoise PARENT-GROS