Since we arrived in the Loire we have seen producers from Muscadet Sèvre et Maine to the Côtes de Forez – just about from one Loire vinous extremity to the other. In Touraine Vincent Ricard started picking on Monday 3rd September. He is happy as he has avoided any serious attack of mildew but …
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Lu pour vous: « Le goût retrouvé du vin de Bordeaux »
Tout récemment, et d'une manière non-sollicitée, j'ai reçu un nouveau livre sur le vin dont le titre m'a laissé perplexe, car il suscitait d'emblée plusieurs questions : retrouver le goût de quel vin de Bordeaux et de quelle époque ? Et comment faire pour cela et pourquoi ? Puis, à la lecture, le contenu m'a plongé …
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Loire news – 20 ans de Gorges, 1st International Chenin Congress, 2018 Loire vintage
20 ans of the Association des Vignerons du Cru Gorgeois Six celebrating Gorges producers in a vineyard 2013 Gorges La Vigneaux, Fred Laffer with a lump of gabbro - Sèvre Nantaise in the background Last Thursday I was privileged to be invited to the celebration for the 20 years of the Association, which …
Spécial cavistes/wine shops (3): Dis Vins, a new independant wine shop in the centre of Paris
All the photos in this article are ones that I took, which is not always the case. This one makes me think of Claude Monet. Paris, the city in which I live most of the time, boasts many specialist wine & spirit shops, both as members of chains (Nicolas and the more up-market Repaire de Bacchus …
Another excellent small producer in Champagne
The term "grower" Champagnes is sometimes used to distinguish those who produce their Champagne wines only from the grapes that they grow themselves, either on their own or on rented vineyards. This, to distinguish them from the (usually) larger firms who may own vineyards, but who produce some (usually quite a lot) of their wines …
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Les cavistes à l’honneur sur les 5 du Vin
Dans les semaines qui viennent, à intervalles réguliers, les 5 du Vin ont décidé de s’intéresser au métier de caviste indépendant. Profitant du fait que nous résidons ou voyageons régulièrement dans plusieurs pays différents, nous vous proposerons donc les portraits de cavistes situés dans différentes villes d'Europe. Le plus vieux métier du monde? Outre la …
In praise of the independent wine shop
Les 5 du Vin have decided to publish a series of articles on independent wine shops in the next few weeks. A very old (but respectable) trade which has been suffering a lot from the competition of new retailing formats, and has to re-invent itself constantly. The second oldest profession in the world? As we …
