View from the village of Château-Chalon
After that memorable tasting on friday evening we didn’t take much of a break on saturday and went on with a few more bottles. This time we also seized the opportunity for exploring the Jura wine world and with our local hero Didier we probably had the best guide one could get. He calls this region his home and is a great ambassador for the local wines which, as you might know, are packed with character and are probably the opposites of mainstream stereotypes. Read the rest of this entry »
Besides the chef’s cooking presentations, the Omnivore food festival is also a showcase for high quality produce such as meats, cheeses and of course wine.
A good dozen of mostly French vignerons were presenting their so-called “Vins Naturels”, a non-certified or -controlled ideology of winemaking which basically reduces the process to a minimum of interference (pumping, filtration) or additons (non-indigenous yeasts, sulfites). While I’ve had a few disappointments especially with Read the rest of this entry »
Had this recently when gathering with friends. Unfortunately I didn’t take notes, but I do remember that everyone seemed to enjoy it! Good wines fuel good times, or the other way around.
Nathalie und Christian Chaussard haben Domaine Le Briseau in 2002 übernommen und sich der Riege der “vin naturel” Hersteller der Loire angeschlossen.
Die Anbauprinzipien werden von einem Weinhändler wie folgt beschrieben:
All vineyard work is done according to the principles of organic viticulture (with the certification of Qualité France): no pesticides, insecticides or chemical fertilizers are used; nettle and horsetail decoctions are sprayed on the foliage; copper is used in modest quantity (less than 5kg/HA); the vines are plowed and grass allowed to grow in the rows. In 2006, the estate started its conversion to biodynamic principles.
La Gandriole ist eine Plateaulage mit 15 bis 50 Jahre alten Chenin Blanc Reben. Der Wein ist Read the rest of this entry »
Chenin Blanc from Switzerland, I kidd you not! This country is full of unexpected bottles.
The producer of this specimen, Louis Bovard, makes wines on the shores of Lake Geneva since 9 generations, yet it is the first time I hear about them. Read the rest of this entry »
Catherine & Pierre Breton are makers of natural wines in Restigné near Bourgueil. And many would even say that they feature among the spearhead of the growing natural winemakers group in the Loire Valley; their most famous representor certainly being Nicolas Joly (Founder of Renaissance des Appelations making the famous Coulée de Serrant wine). Read the rest of this entry »
