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Tag Archives: France
One Of The Best Wines In A Classic Region Improves A Lesser Known Estate
“Calm down, stop growing. Focus on ripening the fruit.” These are the words that winemaker Nicolas Glumineau tells some of his vines, the ones with too much vigor – placing too much energy into growing leaves at the expense of … Continue reading
Small Champagne Wine House Saved By U.S. Couple Makes Stellar Bubbles
Soft light started to brighten the enchanting snow-covered slopes, causing them to shimmer with hints of sparkles that were seen throughout the entire majestic landscape. Even though children can imagine magical worlds in the most common places, this little girl … Continue reading
One Of The Biggest Misunderstandings In Champagne Wine Addressed By A Top Champagne House
It had taken five months of tasting 250 wine tanks and barrels to reach this final decision. Only a handful of wine samples made it to this all-important Champagne Billecart-Salmon blind tasting as all the backbreaking work in the vineyards, the immaculate … Continue reading
Special Champagne Wine, Clos Growing Six Different Grape Varieties, Launches Stunning Theo Faberge Edition For $5,400
As panic set in, the married couple who held titles of nobility ran around their well-appointed home as they tried to seek out their precious Fabergé creations that were priceless to both. As the Queen was making a last-minute visit … Continue reading
Oldest Champagne House Releasing New Champagne Wine That Is Shaped By Climate Change
It seemed almost impossible how the narrow stairs could transport people to a seemingly endless journey that took one to and from over 100 feet below ground. And that mystical feeling was enhanced by the walls and ceiling as they … Continue reading
Wine Tasting Spanning 100 Years From Wine Producer Showing That Bordeaux Has Terroir
The warm wood panels, rippled blue walls and the glow of the amber-colored lights gave an overwhelming feeling of tranquility as wine trade from all over the world came to Le Bernardin Privé for an epic wine tasting that spanned a century. … Continue reading
Investment In Mountain Vineyards Pays Off For A Wine Producer In Southern France
Over twenty years ago, Nicolas and Miren de Lorgeril sought out vineyards at higher altitudes in the foothills of mountains in Southern France without any idea that climate change and global warming even existed. At the time, they were going … Continue reading
French Wine Producer And Explorer Of Antarctica Studying Terroir Of The Ocean
Twisted and squeezed by the force of the rapids in the river, the hand crafted canoe took on a banana shape as food and a rifle fell out into the swiftly moving river as the two 18-year-old young men paddling … Continue reading
A Burgundy Wine Producer: Surviving Tariffs, Covid And 40% Loss Of Yields
The past year and a half has been a challenging one for many across the world with waves of the tide of coronavirus shutdowns, illnesses and deaths coming and going with intervals of brief breaks that would hint at normalcy … Continue reading
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Tagged Bouchard, Bouchard Père & Fils, Burgundy, Chardonnay, France, Pinot Noir, Red Burgundy, White Burgundy
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A Loss in Life Can Create Open-Hearted Richness
Leola Watts is a woman who has had to suffer through one of the most imaginable losses – her son passed away at the tender age of 34. She said, “I was lost. I was literally lost. He was my … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 Vintage, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 2017 Vintage, Chardonnay, Didier Séguier, Domaine William Fèvre, France, William Fèvre
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