Auvergne (cont): Domaine Miolanne

Vineyards and the wooden chai @Domaine Miolanne We made a morning visit to Domaine Miolanne on our second and last full day in the Côtes d'Auvergne. The evening before in a bistro/wine bar in nearby Champeix we had drunk their sparkling – Bulles de Miolanne Brut – for our apéro and found the dosage too …

No, organic-biodynamic-natural is not at all like “in the old days”

Our guests today are our Swedish colleagues and friends Britt & Per Karlsson (BKWine), who go back in time to try and understand today's trends in wine. We often hear people say that organic/biodynamic or “natural” wine growers work the way farmers did in the past. And that's true in some ways. Synthetic pesticides - …

Organico ergo je fume* – I’m bio therefore I smoke

AC Touraine vineyard blitzed with weedkiller – Loire UNESCO World Heritage site...   I have a great deal of sympathy and respect for producers who chose to farm their vineyards organically or biodynamically. In the Loire an increasing number of producers are now choosing to convert to organic viticulture joining a significant number of their …

Faut-il se fier au bio?

A la suite du salon Millésime Bio, que je n'ai pas encore visité mais qui est régulièrement couvert par mes collègues de ce site, je trouvais intéressant de tenter d'avoir une vision un peu plus large de cette approche agricole afin de la situer dans le contexte général de la viticulture. Ce tableau montre la …