Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France
Drinking, eating in Fukuoka (Kyushu) | Mark As Read |
Nice after-work party ! Fukuoka, Kyushu (Japan) While Japan is known for having kept countrywide its age-old tradition of having good time with colleagues in bars after work, some cities like Osaka and Fukuoka bring with them an even richer...
Natural-wine bars in Fukuoka | Mark As Read |
Hsiao Huang, of Kochang Fukuoka, Kyushu I made a couple of visits to natural-wine venues in Fukuoka, I had found some addresses on the web but ended to visit other place after my friend Alex from VineyardGate sent me a...
Japanese whiskies | Mark As Read |
Taketsuru 17 years Fukuoka, Kyushu While I'd occasionally allow myself a treat in a night bar like here with this Nikka Taketsuru 17 years (delicious !), I gave up on buying these whiskies even in duty-free shops at the airport...
A Visit to Mtra Winemakers | Mark As Read |
Volcanoes, vineyards, mushroom and wine... Gyngystarjn, Matra (Hungary) This was a nice visit to the wine region of Mtra in Hungary, a region where a new generation of growers and winemakers rejuvenate the winemaking culture. I spent the weekent with...
Tasting at Julien Pineau (Loire) | Mark As Read |
Overview of the Portes Ouvertes Mareuil-sur-Cher (Touraine, Loire) A beautiful summer day in the shade under the open-air chai of former Clos Roche Blanche, a wonderful setting for Julien Pineau's Portes ouvertes (open doors) 2023 where he received several vignerons...
Raw Wine Paris | Mark As Read |
The main room Malakoff, Paris suburb along the 14th arrondissement That's it, Raw Wine made its debut in Pris (march 12 & 13) after a long history (2012) of setting up tasting events along the past years in cities like...
"Les Caves de la Valle du Cher" tasting | Mark As Read |
Man, that was a tasting event ! This is Les Caves de la Valle du Cher, this professionnal tasting took place on march 26 & 27 in the Cher valley (Loire) in 5 different cellars (there's one I didn't have...
Paris des Sens tasting | Mark As Read |
Overview of two of the tasting rooms (there were three) Paris, 20th arrondissement There are always some tastings restarting at that time of the year, generally on mondays like here for professional events, I was tipped about this one otherwise...
La Goulayance 2022 | Mark As Read |
The crowd Paris, 12th arrondissement, This was another beautiful edition of La Goulayance, and it took place again in the premises of Ground Countrol, this vibrant venue set in a former railway locomotive workshop, I can't but encourage you to...
Rti de Porc pairing | Mark As Read |
Easy cooking This is autumn and we're in the middle of troubled times with rising prices including for everything related to food, but there's still room for indulging in tasty meat dishes like the one I'm going to tell you...
A few images from the end of harvest 2022 | Mark As Read |
Harvest scene at Julien Prevel Cher valley, Loire I managed to get in time in my Loire hideout just in time for the last days of harvest and toured a few producers, some by myself and some with Lexie Jordan...
Hoop Wines (Mtra, Hungary) | Mark As Read |
Zoltn Nmeti & Zoltn Kerekes Gyngyspata, Mtra (Hungary) This was really a quick visit here, we're here at Hoop Wines which is run by two childhood friends, Zoltn Nmeti and Zoltn Kerekes who make wine from a small overall surface...
Mtys Pger (Mtra) | Mark As Read |
Mtys Pger in his cellar Gyngyspata, Mtra (Hungary) Here we are again in the village of Gyngyspata in the Mtra wine region, and it was a short stroll from one cellar street to another and we reached this haven of...
Balazs Palya (Matra) | Mark As Read |
Balzs & Julianna in a parcel Szcsi, Mtra (Hungary) We're here in a village named Szcsi (pronounce sweetchie or something like that) which sits along a gentle slope surrounded by vineyards (see the pic on the left, best viewpoint on...
Andrs Kovcs (Mtra) | Mark As Read |
Andrs & Kinga in front of their cellar Szcsi, Mtra (Hungary) The wine region of Mtra sits on the Mtra hills which, on the way from Budapest when you drive north east to Eger and Tokaj and it grows a...
Capitaine tasting (Paris) | Mark As Read |
The tasting overflowing in the street Le Marais, Paris This is small natural-wine tasting named Ppites that took place in the Marais on a side street (impasse Gumne near the Place des Vosges) in a restaurant named Capitaine, I would...
Domaine Perrault-Jadaud (Loire) | Mark As Read |
Tanguy Perrault & Anne-Ccile Jadaud Chanay, Vouvray area (Loire) Here I am on the outskirts of the charming village of Chanay, sitting against the slopes lining the Loire river valley. Anne-Ccile and Tanguy who started their domaine in 2009 were...
Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux tasting | Mark As Read |
We had in Paris recently the tasting of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux where the wines of 2019 were poured to the invited professionals. The event took place like usual now in the magnificient setting of the Carreau...
Vinopiano, Budapest wine bar | Mark As Read |
The counter and bottle wall Budapest, Hungary Here is Vinopiano, this wine bar made its debut on the other side of the Danube on Bartk Bla t and was transfered here because from what I understand the investor behind the...
An other era and perspective on wine | Mark As Read |
Who loves wine, loves life It is good to remind that along history the vision and understanding on things has evolved continuously. What you believed as rock solid decades ago evaporates overnight, and this in many fields (today's righteous certitudes...
Bistrot Paul Bert tasting | Mark As Read |
Festive street window 11th arrondissement, Paris This is another tastingI went to in the vibrant 11th to recently (actually in early december...) and this was my last tasting in that year (not that there weren't more, this season was hot,...
Les 10 Vins Cochons 2021 | Mark As Read |
The marquee-like room Saint-Rmy-sur-Durolle, Auvergne This early december took place the 18th edition of the famed (if small) wine fair Les 10 Vins Cochons, a natural-wine, direct-sale event centered on the wines of Auvergne and Massif Central. The organizers had...
La Goulayance tasting | Mark As Read |
Happy crowd Ground Control, near Gare de Lyon (Paris) This is a time of the year you have plenty of exciting tasting in Paris, I was tipped about La Goulayance by Maryse and although I intended to go there, when...
Loire Volcanique tasting | Mark As Read |
View on the tasting La Marbrerie, Montreuil (Paris suburb) This is yet another interesting tasting which focused on the easternmost sub-wine regions of the Loire, dubbed here La Loire Volcanique. What we call the Loire as wine region has as...
Tastings have resumed : Biotop | Mark As Read |
Things get on track again (video overview) Gare de Lyon, Paris It's been a fact that tastings had resumed already a bit in spring 2021 (still very limited because vaccination was just beginning and organizers were scary of problems with...
Antoine Lienhardt (Burgundy) | Mark As Read |
Antoine Lienhardt (black vest) with staff Comblanchien (Burgundy) I also visited at last (also unannounced) Domaine Antoine Lienhardt, whose wines impressed me every time I had the opportunity to taste them, I'd rather say, not just taste but drink to...
Visit at Philippe Pacalet (Burgundy) | Mark As Read |
Monica and Philippe Pacalet outside the facility Beaune, Burgundy I dropped the other day (this was late september) for a short, unannounced visit at Philippe Pacalet's facility in downtown Beaune (rue de Chaumergy). I had not yet visited his new...
Loire Harvest 2021 (2) | Mark As Read |
Pickers on Pinot Noir (Quastana) Loir-et-Cher (Loire) The following day and a half I toured again several growers and domaines, some being located on the Cher valley side, some on the edge of Sologne and the first place I visited...
Loire harvest 2021 (1) | Mark As Read |
Zo, Thierry Puzelat and staff Loire valley, The harvest 2021 has come after months of weather incidents and worries. The weather was at least beautiful for the picking, under mild temperature and clear skies, which was also very enjoyable for...
Cooking pig head | Mark As Read |
A sudden urge for Gargantuan food This was in a supermarket in the Cher valley when I was looking looking for meat and I stumbled upon this gorgeous [I mean for meat/pork lovers like many of us are] pig head....
Anders Frederik Steen, Ardche (Rhne) | Mark As Read |
Anders Frederik Steen in front of his village house Valvignres, Ardche (Rhne) We know that in the world of natural wine many of these vignerons who make a difference are outsiders, like coming from large cities and often with a...
Domaine Ozil, Ardche (Rhne) | Mark As Read |
Thomas Ozil with wife Laura Lagorce, Aredche (Rhne) Always happy to come back to this inspiring hilly region of Ardche where there are these vibrant vignerons making wines that go down so easily. This time we stopped at Domaine Ozil...
Blandine Floch (Loire) | Mark As Read |
Blandine Floch among her old vines of Gamay (here with a huge marcotte) Valaire, Loir-et-Cher (Loire) We're here at the heart of an active community of natural wine producers in the Loir-et-Cher dpartement in a corner of the Sologne south...
Domaine Cambalu (Loire) | Mark As Read |
Julien Cambalu near an old vine Francueil, Loire The Domaine de Cambalu is a second-generation winery now managed by Julien Moreau and his brother Frdric. The two brothers were born here and took over the domaine from their parents, who...
Terraces reopening in Prais | Mark As Read |
5th arrondissement (direct link to video) This was yesterday (mark the date : may 19th 2021), D-Day for the reopening of terraces for bars and restaurants, all over France, and to make this day even better the curfew (until now...
Wine news (79) | Mark As Read |
A terrace ready for reopening Tomorrow will be the day : Terraces (or terrasses in French) are again allowed to reopen for restaurants, cafes and bars, and life will breathe again in the city streets, plus the curfew is being...
L'Anglore (Rhne) | Mark As Read |
Eric Pfifferling Tavel, Rhne. Here is a visit that took place long time ago (in 2011) at Eric Pfifferling's iconic Domaine de L'Anglore. I didn't publish it at the time because Eric was worried he'd would be overwhelmed with demands...
Pierre Gagnaire cooking at his restaurant | Mark As Read |
Pierre Gagnaire in his restaurant Le Balzac Paris, april 2021, It's been more than a year (march 15) that the restaurants have been closed down in France because of the pandemic and higher risk of transmission among unmasked people sharing...
Underground tasting | Mark As Read |
Underground tasting Here is the third tasting I attended recently in the Loir-et-Cher (for professionals only as well), and this one was underground in many regards, not just because it took place in these deep cellars between Thse and Montrichard,...
Sologne tastings | Mark As Read |
Olivier Lemasson Ouchamps, Sologne (Loire) There was another multi-location tasting event that weekend, it was in the Sologne region near Blois, the region that is home to many rebels, like Courtois, Villemade Lemasson, Venier, Puzelat and others. This professional tasting...
Spring tasting in Thse | Mark As Read |
At the door of the chai Thse, Touraine (Loire) Professional tastings are slowly back, at least in the natural-wine world, and this is a healthy thing, there have been so few in the last 12 months. It seems the conventional/commercial...
Le Temps des Rveurs (Provence) | Mark As Read |
Jrme Maillot outside his house Pourrires, Var (Provence) This is maybe in winter that you understand best why painters like Czanne and Van Gogh flocked to the Sainte Victoire ridge at the edge of the Var and the Bouches-du-Rhne dpartements...
Pruning Aunis, and a few new cuves | Mark As Read |
Laurent at work Pouill, Touraine (Loire) I also visited Laurent Saillard who was like Anouk & Paul in the vineyard pruning with a small team. The temperature was a bit less cold than a few days before (Thse is just...
Poir at les Capriades | Mark As Read |
Moses at the cellar door Faverolles-sur-Cher, Touraine (Loire) I visited recently Pascal Potaire and Moses Gadouche at their cellar at Les Capriades, everything was quiet in the facility, this is winter, a season where you just let the wines quietly...
Pruning time for Anouk & Paul | Mark As Read |
The team at work Thse, Touraine (Loire) The temperature was pretty low when I came to see Anouk and Paul in their vineyard, with early mornings at minus 3 C (26,6 F) and highs at around + 3 C (37,4...
Wine News (78) | Mark As Read |
Philippe Pacalet with Monica 7th arrondissement, Paris This year is like no other also for wine events, tastings and other professional gatherings : be it in the spring or at autumn (the most intense seasons for these wine events) I...
Chateau Gasqui (Provence) | Mark As Read |
Franois Miglio in the vineyard Gonfaron, Var (Provence) October-early november is certainly a very nice month to be in Provence, there are fewer tourists there at this time although the side roads are still busy with locals who often live...
Vendanges 2020 (part 3) | Mark As Read |
Soft power I also went three times at Les Maisons Brles where Paul Gillet and wife Corinne where in the middle of their harvest season, or rather toward the end actually as much of it was already behind us. I...
Vendanges 2020 (part 2) | Mark As Read |
Estelle and Franois Saint-Leger Monthou-sur-Cher, Touraine (Loire) I had dropped unannounced a couple of times at the cellar of Estelle and Franois Saint-Leger along the road between Thse and Monthou-sur-Cher but no one was there, they were either busy picking...
Vendanges 2020 (part 1) | Mark As Read |
Aunis & Gamay flowing Mareuil-sur-Cher, Cher valley (Loire) Here are a few images and videos shot during the harvest and first vinification work while visiting a few vignerons in the Loire, more precisely in the Cher valley. I'd not bother...
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