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Breakaways in the vineyards

Travel journal, by Stéphane Derenoncourt

Clos Stegasta, Tinos The beauty of a wine production site is often not unrelated to the aesthetics of the wine produced. The place inspires. It leads you to understand, through the nature of the soils, the climatology, or the surrounding vegetation, what the strengths and weaknesses are, almost instinctively prompting the appropriate technical responses. But sometimes, the place strikes you. It's a shock that unsettles you, bewilders you, and disorients you, a rare and strange feeling. In the heart of the Aegean Sea, a few nautical miles from the bustling Mykonos, emerges the island of... Read more

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France

Interview of Bérénice Lurton

Interview Primeurs 2009Interview of Bérénice LurtonChairwoman of “Crus Classés 1855Sauternes & Barsac”“We are lucky we have a very great 2009, complex and very charming... it is already splendid...

France

The ‘Crus Bourgeois’ of the Medoc... From classification to “recognition”

Primeurs 2009 MédocThe ‘Crus Bourgeois’ of the Medoc... From classification to “recognition”In our previous issue, we touched on the main features of the process of the 'Crus Bourgeois recognition'...

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Just call me ‘9’… ‘009’

Primeurs 2009 Bordelais SommelierS International wished to underline, in this series of articles about 'Bordeaux', the particular climatic conditions of the vintage 2009, the...

Portraits of winegrowers

The Charlois Group : Family solidarity, passion, patience...

Stave mill - Cooperage Murlin The Charlois GroupFamily solidarity, passion, patience... The Charlois Group now means 3 stave mills (Maison Charlois, Nièvre Merrain...

Portraits of winegrowers

Château Le Caillou

Portrait of a winegrower PomerolA bit of historyExtended in 1905 with the Domaine de Lacombe, then in 1974 with the Clos Lacombe, the Château “Le Caillou” has been the property, for more than a...

Prestige stopovers

Jean-Luc Rocha : Young talent in its pure state…

A sommelier’s secret garden Pauillac Jean-Luc RochaYoung talent in its pure state… Perfectionist, analysing the why and the wherefore of a...

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