Etiket: Billet

[Billet vins] The patina of time

Fruit, fruit, again and again fruit, how could it be otherwise when we talk about wine? Name them, the yard is full, whether they are from the orchard, the fields…

[Billet vins] Less than $20

The sympathetic Quebecer has teamed up with the Juan Gil house to develop this delicious red that we have already talked about extensively here. A structuring, spicy and amply fruity…

[Billet des vins] The friend Jacky | The duty

The Montlouis-sur-Loire appellation is renowned for its original sparkling wine. The specifications are also quite sharp on its development. Let’s start with what is prohibited, ie zero destemming or crushing,…

[Billet] The Steam Deck has an identity crisis

Phenomenal. Prodigious. Revolutionary. We are quickly tempted by superlatives when using the Steam Deck for the first time. But if we are witnessing here the biggest upheaval in the world…

[Billet] Montlouis on The Rock (2)

I love the Loire. A lot. Enormously. From the Pays nantais in the west to Sancerrois in the east, with this succession of small wine-growing pearls that crimp the path…

[Billet vin] Versatile chenin blanc | The duty

The Montlouis on the Rock event will bring together, on July 4 in Montlouis-sur-Loire, professionals from the wine sector as well as winegrowers from California, Oregon, Spain and South Africa.…

[Billet vin] Local rosés

Although it is active on an annual basis, the MLRS (Mouvement de libération du rosé saison), of which I am to this day the perpetual secretary and the only active…

[Billet vins] Travel diary | The duty

You have been traveling vicariously with your nose in your glass of wine for two good years, failing to set foot in the vineyard. Two vintages in which our winegrower…

[Billet vins] Alsace 1, Burgundy 0

“Climate change is already having a clear impact on the ground, and that is why we at Domaine Albert Mann are considering top-grafting Syrah plants on a few experimental plots”,…

[Billet vin] My own Montrachet

I am in this movement of degrowth which favors well-being over the accumulation of goods in general, ephemeral pleasures and outrageous expectations. Probably like many of you, for whom the…

[Billet] Meticulous like Moueix | The duty

Being meticulous comes from a soft and assumed obsession giving the meticulous in question the impression of achieving a form of serenity in the control of his actions to better…

[Billet] Burgundy nuggets | The duty

The vineyard of the Côte Saint-Jacques (already mentioned from the year 1082), located in the Yonne, near Joigny, would it be the least extensive of the great Burgundy with its…

[Billet] Bordeaux, its people, its wines (2)

According to the latest statistics provided by the Bordeaux Wine Interprofessional Council (CIVB), it seems that the Girondine appellation is getting a makeover, in a context, it should be remembered,…

[Billet] Bordeaux, its people, its wines

Originally from the north of France, arrived in Bordeaux in 1982, self-taught, Stéphane Derenoncourt met Paul Barre who introduced him to biodynamic agriculture. The meeting is decisive. He quickly became…