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Educational content on general wine info, region, tips
You know that life is too short to drink bad wine. And in our opinion, the quality of a wine cannot be judged by its awards or tasting notes only… but by the ethics and the vision of the farmers as well.
Terroir encompasses the intricate tapestry of geography, geology, and climate specific to a vineyard area.
Minimal intervention in winemaking refers to a process that abstains from adding or removing anything in the cellar.
Biodynamics represents a holistic, ecological, and ethical farming methodology
that views the vine within its environmental context.
A wine labeled as “organic” means that the grapes must be free from synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
Also called “Méthode Traditionnelle” outside of the Champagne appellation, it refers to the fermentation in a bottle, leading to sparkling wines. Traditional method gives you flavours of bread dough and toast and makes the wine taste rich and creamy. As we often tell our customers, the Crémants from Loire, Bordeaux or Burgundy are made exactly […]
The Rhone Valley was the result of an epic geological clash between the Massif Central (Middle of Southern France) and the Alps (South East), creating a rift valley which was flooded by the Mediterranean. Three hundred million years ago, volcanic activity in the Massif Central produced the granitic rocks of the Northern Rhône. Smaller than […]
The Cahors appellation is located equidistantly from the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees Mountains in the middle valley of the Lot. Its winegrowing region stretches over 4,000 hectares of silica-rich terraces as well as limestone slopes and plateaus, which run along the Lot River. The Cahors region is consisted of different terroirs […]
Rosé can be found a in a variety of colors and tastes depending on the region and the grapes used… Here are 2 of the main methods to make Rosé. Bleeding Method / Saignée The wine will macerate for 12 to 24 hours in the vats with the skins. This is basically the same process […]
Is Provence the best producer for Rosé? … Be the Judge! Come and taste 6 different Rosés from Provence, Loire, Bordeaux, and Languedoc. Side by side: One Spakling Rosé, and 2 Still Rosés from Chateau La Coste (Provence) One Rosé from Loire Valley (Domaine Maison from Cheverny) One Rosé from Bordeaux (Chateau Mondorion – Saint Emilion […]
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