I could talk about California for long but at the Fouquet’s and everywhere else this week (Crus, Grain Noble) all my attention has been focused on the winemaker of TerraVin, an original persona that has no more than 4 hectares in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, giving birth to some sensational wines. Photo: Mike [...]
Archive for septembre, 2009
Categories: marlborough, mike eaton, new zealand, pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, terravin
I am now in Beaujolais, recovering from a week in Paris where I have tasted some of the most beautiful wines from around the world. Quite surprising though, as I tend to think that it is incredibly hard to drink foreign wines in France. London and New York are clearly more open on the matter: [...]
Categories: california, chappellet, fouquet's, mondavi, ridge, shafer, vins du monde
Special thanks to the charismatic Jean-Marcel Jaegle, CEO of Dargaud & Jaegle. Situated in the Beaujolais region of France, next to the famous Moulin à Vent, Dargaud & Jaegle is one of the 10 most famous places to make casks in France. There are many cooperages in the country but only one with a story [...]
Categories: barrel, bordelais cask, burgundy barrel, cask, cooperage, dargaud et Jaegle, heating of cask, jean-marcel jaegle
It is 6 o’clock in the morning when the alarm rings, 25 grape-pickers are still snoring in the dorms dreaming of their vendanges ‘baptism of fire’. I am already thinking of how many jars of coffee I will have to be pouring before 7. This is when the young crowd reaches the dining room, half [...]
Categories: beaujolais, domaine monrozier, fleurie, hand picked, harvest, moulin à vent, vendanges
