Portraits of winegrowers
Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs is located not far from the belfries of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, it was founded in 1885 and has a complex soil consisting of brown sand, clay and chalk. Its 9 hectares of vineyards includes one hectare dedicated to Chardonnay with the rest divided up between 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, no less than 60,000 Saint-Emilion 'Grand Cru' grape-vines are cultivated on its grounds. The estate has been subjected to a major refurbishment between 2014 and 2017. The simple objective was to respect the region's French wine-growing heritage whilst totally... Read more
Portraits of winegrowers
Détournant la célèbre expression de Goethe saisi par la beauté de Naples, c’est ainsi qu’un amateur s’est présenté à Sociando-Mallet, espérant repartir avec quelques précieux flacons. Du haut de ses...
Breakaways in the vineyards
In last March the AOC Corbières-Boutenac trade union welcomed the journalists for a comprehensive presentation of the identity peculiarities and the wines of the appellation. The new president of the...
Breakaways in the vineyards
With the Willamette Valley producing the most wine of any Oregon AVA, and for over 20 years garnering justifiable worldwide praise for its Pinot Noirs, it’s easy to overlook what else it does and...
Focus articles
Sparsely populated and hosting an important community of Hui muslims, the region of Ningxia located in the centre of China at an altitude of 2,000 meters has many assets for the wine growing: its...
Breakaways in the vineyards
Created in 2007, the Côtes de Bordeaux trade union gathers under the same banner the terroirs of Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon, Francs and Sainte-Foy with a collective brand: the Côtes de Bordeaux AOC (...
Portraits of winegrowers
The Guy Charbaut champagne house is located in the very center of the “premier cru” village of Mareuil-sur-Ay. One has to walk through the porch to grasp the full view of the XIXth century stone...
