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Waiting for the harvest, checking the vines, blending the wine #fleurie
It's the 8th of September, the few past years at this time we were already harvesting grapes in Beaujolais. In 2012 we were only three days away. Today in 2013, we are in the vines yes, but only to check maturity and evaluate the state of the vineyard. All good, no big disease, average quantity on the trees, no alarm in Fleurie just that we...
Vicky’s Wines happy in England with @BoroughWines & @SmilingGrape
Younger, I was working and studying in London, always hanging around Borough Market where I've met the team of Borough Wines. One day I came with a bottle of my father's Fleurie and Muriel, the owner took it on board. Since all that time, Borough Wines teams and size have have been growing a lot, having 2 more shops and opening 2 restaurants in East...
Bordeaux Rosé & Clairet with #Yelp Elite Paris!
It was the beginning of the summer in Paris, we really wondered if it would happen, rosés wine cases were getting impatient. The moody summer is however making some happy, starting first at Loustic coffee shop in the Marais district of Paris and at chez Charlotte, in the 6th district, by the Bon Marché. The Yelpers VIP that were invited to the Elite Party fascinated me, it's finally...
#Beaujolais in #Languedoc. Fleurie at the heart of Carcassonne !
It is summer time and we are lucky. The "Cité de Carcassonne" is standing proud on the hill, we are at the height of the season and it looks like a joyous ant-hill in which ants would be cicadas... fed with ice creams, candies, mussels and fries or... with a bit of chance with at their table, a good glass of wine and a rich...
New York at Spring Time with Gabriella Wines #vickyinNYC
I was suddenly called in New York by my importer Gabriella Wines. The goal was to be part of the Burgundy Wine Week, they organised for the second time this May. I finally left before the event, logic ;-), but what a trip! My first wine, Vicky's Fleurie - proudly made by my Dad - had arrived in the big city in January. Crossing the...
Bordeaux and Clairet wine labels all printed, wines are ready! #vinsdeVicky
That's it, After 6 months between the wine selection and wine label design, wines are a few hours away from being ready! Thank you all that voted for the bordeaux rosé label - here is your final choice: A short video of the live prints Bordeaux Rosé, the last born of the Vicky's wines family It is thanks to the Bordeaux and Bordeaux supérieur...