- Welcome! MissinWine = Caroline Henry's personal wine diary. I will use this space to share my experiences of champagne and wine events I have attended,the wineries and growers I have visited and may add some tasting notes of wines that have stood out for me. I hope you like my stories as much as much as I have enjoyed reliving these wonderful moments whilst writing them up:-)
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Grands jours de Champagne?
Whilst there are plenty of international wine fairs, a lot of winemakers prefer to show off their wines on home territory. It gives them the opportunity to really woe the diverse audience of national and international press, importers, distributors and … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, terroir, wine fair, wine tasting
Tagged Artisans de Champagne, Champagne, Champagne Tasting, Circle of Wine Writers, Grands jours de Bourgogne, Grands jours de Champagne, Talents et Terroirs de Champagne, tasting, Terres et Vins de Champagne, Trait-d'Union, vins clairs
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Not quite en Primeur Bordeaux and Old Vintage Beaujolais
Today I want to talk about RED wine; in fact I want to share my experience of two rather unusual tastings I attended recently. I call them unusual as tastings of this kind are normally not associated with these wines. … Continue reading
Posted in Beaujolais, Bordeaux, wine tasting
Tagged 2011 vintage, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Cote de Brouilly, En Primeur, Fête des Crus, Fleurie, Juliénas, Margaux, Millesima, Miss Vicky Wine, Morgon, Moulin à Vent, Old vintage tasting, Pessac-Leognan, Pomerol, red wine, Régnié, Saint Amour., St Emillion, St Estephe, St Julien
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Where I look for terroir and bubbles when I am not in Champagne
I am intrinsically attracted to quirky slightly off beat places and tend to look for them wherever I go. Today I want to talk about 2 of these places; I feel they belong in this blog as they have become … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, terroir, wine eductation, wine tasting
Tagged Champagne, CHAMPAGNOTHÈQUE®, tasting with a twist, Terroirific, Terror, wine tasting
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Caroline’s Champagne – vins clairs, terroir & savoir faire
This last month I have been very lucky to have been invited to taste vins clairs (in plural!) in lots of different places. The term “vin clair” literally means clear wine – it dates from the time that the wine … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, biodynamic, terroir, vins clairs
Tagged biodynamic, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Champagne Charlot-Tanneux, Champagne Legras et Haas, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, Champagne Philipponnat, Charles Philipponnat, Chouilly, Clos des Goisses, Cuvee Exigence, David Henault, Jérôme Legras, natural yeast, savoir faire, Soleras, Terroir, vin clair, Vincent Charlot, vins clairs, vins clairs tasting, wild flowers
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Caroline’s Champagne – the celebration of St Vincent
January 22nd is the name day of St Vincent – patron saint of the winegrowers in France as in some areas of Spain and Italy. In Champagne it is an important day as most of the 319 villages celebrate the … Continue reading
My first Champagne anniversary – a time to reflect…
As I wandered through the snow dusted vineyards last weekend I was once again stuck for words by the landscape’s beauty. I am still amazed by the diversity of the local scenery and realized I am feeling very much at … Continue reading
Caroline’s Champagne – more terroir, organic winegrowing and natural winemaking
The first thing I read this morning was “The latest stimulant to drag me out of natural wine commentary retirement was the ‘debate’ during the European Wine Blogger’s Conference in Turkey. Turns out this wasn’t a debate as much as … Continue reading
On the wine road – from Oregon to California
#OnTheWineRoad #California- Hotel California from Wine Defender TV on Vimeo. We did it!! Onne and I got enough sponsorship together to make it out to California and live our great wine adventure!!!! The weather was great, the scenery gorgeous and … Continue reading
Posted in Californian wine trip, Onne and Caro's wine trips, biodynamic, organic
Tagged #omthewineroad, Benzinger, biodynamic, Broman Cellars, Broman goodness, bug farms, California, certification, Crown Victoria, gardens, home made sausages, Lenné Estate, Napa, Oregon, organic, Pinot Noir, Quintessa, Sonoma, sustainable farming
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Wine Bloggers Conference Portland 2012 & Pre-trip to Eugene
http://www.winebloggersconerence.com, http://www.cornerstonecellars.com/, http://layercakewines.com,http://malmcomm.com, http://twistedoak.com, http://heiditunnellcatering.com/, http://www.kingestate.com/, http://pfeiffervineyards.com/, http://www.amtrak.com/coast-starlight-train, http://ewbcscholarship.com/ Continue reading
Posted in EWBC, Food and Wine Pairing, WBC, Wine Regions, networking
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