Last week Thursday in Paris, the new Bodeguita du IX opened its doors to young Alsace wine makers: the delicious Pauline for Domaine Paul Blanck and the classy Paul for Domaine Rieflé. We were over 70 wine tasters enjoying the evening… Not ready to loose memory of the surprising nectars. Pauline and Paul are in [...]

That’s it ! I’m going to be a member of the jury at the first International Gamay Competition episod this Saturday in Lyon. It is an event organized by InterBeaujolais to spread the word on the Gamay Grape: King in Beaujolais. it is, of course, in Beaujolais‘ limestone-clay and granitic soils that this plant has [...]

If there is something we can be sure off… it is that in the Southern Rhône Valley, winemakers have some character! First their grapes are bloody tannic, aromatic with a dark gourmand juice for the reds. They grow with that much sun that it almost shines in your mouth. Add to this climate  an eco-friendly [...]