Category: Champagne harvest 2015

Champagne harvest 2015 – portrait of a harvester: Nicolas Pinodel

  Nicolas Pinodel, a recently graduated architect student, is experiencing his first harvest in Champagne at Olivier Horiot. When asked why he chose to come and work harvest he explains: “a friend of mine had a contact to work harvest here, another friend had worked here last year and really enjoyed the experience. It seemed
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Champagne Harvest 2015 – taking about the flowers and the bees with Dominique Moreau and Roland Piollot

 The catch with live blogging is iPhone battery as I am finding out.. And when you run out, not only is there no live post, but also very few pictures… I visited Dominique Moreau and Roland Piollot, another awesome couple of wine makers in the Aube on the way back home. They started their harvest
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Champagne Harvest 2015 – The Clos St Sophie in Montgueux by Emmanuel Lassaigne

  The Clos St Sophie is the only Clos in Montgueux and one of only 3 Clos in the Aube. Since 1913 it belongs to the Valton family. Etienne Valton, founder of the Petit Bateau brand, bought it after Marcrl Dupont passed away; Dupont, a professor in Agriculture,  had founded the property as a plant
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Champagne harvest 2015 – portrait of a harvester: Myriame Chaperon

 Every harvest Champagne attracts more than 20,000 harvesters from all walks of life. It is one of the few regions were the majority of pickers are still watered, fed and put up during harvest. This means that some people return year in year out, whilst others come only once to enjoy the experience. As part
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Champagne Harvest 2015 – Vincent Laval at Cumières

 This afternoon I visited Vincent Laval, An iconic organic grower, who started his 2015 harvest campaign with the Chardonnay of Les Chênes.  Vincent is very happy with the quality of the year. “The grapes are wonderful, the weather is perfect to further ripen and to give us a wonderful harvest” ,exclaims Vincent.  Les Chênes is
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Champagne harvest 2015 – Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy in Cumières

    Harvest has begun in Champagne and I thought that this year I could trial live blogging. Small articles on the vigneron I visit and their opinion on this years crop posted via the WordPress App for iPhone. I will also add regular portraits of harvesters to try and bring the harvest even closer to
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