October 2013 – Missinwine

By - Caroline
Posted on October 27, 2013October 28, 2013
Posted in Champagne, Uncategorized
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French Police: Friend or Foe?

On Friday it was the fourth International Champagne Day, and the group of Terres et Vins de Champagne Vignerons had organized a small event in the Glue Pot in Reims to let people discover their wines for a small fee. It was a magical evening, with lots of laughs and great wines and I cherished

By - Caroline
Posted on October 16, 2013October 23, 2013
Posted in #champagneharvest13, biodynamic, Champagne, rosé

#ChampagneHarvest13:the making of Rosé de Saignée

Rosé Champagne is a small but growing part of the market and in the last twenty years it has become part of the portfolio of just about every Champagne producer. Most Champagne rosés are made by adding a small percentage of red wine to white wine at the blending stage and are thus called rosé

By - Caroline
Posted on October 1, 2013October 2, 2013
Posted in #champagneharvest13, Champagne

#ChampagneHarvest 13: Champagne Goutorbe, Philippe Gonet and UPR in Le Mesnil

The Goutorbe family is an institution in Ay. Not long after the first world war Emile Goutorbe, winemaker at that time for Perrier Jouet, decides to open a grape nursery. Over the next decades he will slowly expand his business by investing in vineyards in and around the village. Almost a century later, Etienne and

Month: October 2013

French Police: Friend or Foe?

#ChampagneHarvest13:the making of Rosé de Saignée

#ChampagneHarvest 13: Champagne Goutorbe, Philippe Gonet and UPR in Le Mesnil