Welcome to Genuine Wines: Champagne Louise Brison January 6, 2020 While many people ring in the new year with a bottle of Champagne, we are even more lucky this year to ring in 2020 with a new Genuine Wines Partner: Champagne Louise…
Civitella in Val di Chiana, Tuscany Harvest at Tunia is an exercise in logistics, human resources, and adapting plans according to Mother Nature. The vintage normally extends over a two-month period, with multiple passes over the vines according to grape maturity….
Vintage 2019 in progress… Maison-sur-Sèvre15 October, 2019 There is much to celebrate during this visit to Muscadet – the harvest has finished at the Batard Langelier estate! The estate has regained a more serene rhythm, the vats are full and…
Rieux MinervoisDomaine des HomsThursday Sept 19th We are now in our 15th day of harvest at Domaine des Homs for the 2019 season, just starting picking red grapes and what a great marriage of quality and quantity coming into the…
Les 7 Pierres : a look back at the climate from the past September 1st, 2019Joyeuse, Ardèche It is still very hot when I arrive in Joyeuse. The sky is overcast today and the temperature is flirting with +30° C when it is…
It’s a beautiful time to visit Fattoria Selvapiana in August. Vintage will be starting in a few weeks, the hot days are cooled by the evening’s fresh temperatures, and it is the middle of tomato-season. The Fattoria has started to develop their wine-tourism program and hosts visitors every day of the week that are passing through Florence, or staying at local Agri-turismos.
Marie Thibault: Tour of the vines 6 August, 2019 Azay-le-Rideau Since we were last at Marie’s new cave in Summer 2018, she had just moved in a few months earlier with her partner, Montlouis-sur-Loire winemaker Frantz Saumon. The space was raw with…
Figuière: Tour of the vines 30 July, 2019 La Londe-les-Maures There is no better place to be mid-summer in France than on the Mediterranean coast in the heart of Provence. Contrary to what you may think, is actually one of the freshest…
Denavolo: Tour of the vines 4 July, 2019 After my visit to Tunia in Tuscany, I continued on my way to northern Italy. Next destination: Denavolo at Giulio Armani’s. We took advantage of the morning freshness to visit the vines. Giulio, always…
Visit to Tunia 2 July, 2019 Tunia is a domain located in the south-east of Tuscany, bordering Umbria. The estate, which belongs to Francesca Di Benedetto and Chiara Innocenti, covers 15 hectares of vines in one parcel. When they took over the…
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