- 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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- Where I look for terroir and bubbles when I am not in Champagne
- Caroline’s Champagne – vins clairs, terroir & savoir faire
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- Caroline’s Champagne – more terroir, organic winegrowing and natural winemaking
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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 – 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
Biodynamics and the liveliness of RAW wine…
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend both the RAW and REAL natural wine fairs in London. Both fairs had more than 200 exhibitors each and were very well attended by the public, trade and press. For … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Natural Wine, biodynamic, organic, terroir, wine fair
Tagged artisan wine, balance, biodynamic farming, biodynamic grape growing, biodynamic wine, Claude Bourgignon, Craig Hawkins, David Léclapart, living soil, mineratity, natural wine, Nicolas Joly, RAW, s, Terroir, Tom Lubbe, Vinivert
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La Cave aux Coquillages – an unusual cellar visit in Fleurie-la-Rivière
About 10 days ago, the WineSleuth – aka Denise Medrano – and I visited La Cave aux Coquillages in the Vallée de la Marne. La Cave aux Coquillages is a project of winemaker Patrice Legrand who had long been interested … Continue reading
My report on the 2011 Natural European Wines (#new11) conference in Zurich
On November 14-15th the first Natural European Wines Conference took place in Zurich. The conference was organised by VinNatur, an Italian Organisation of Natural Wine Producers and Isabelle Legeron MW. Both VinNatur and Isabelle are committed to promoting quality natural … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine Review, terroir, wine eductation, wine tasting
Tagged #NEW11, Claude Bourgignon, Federico Giotti, Federico Giotto, fermentation management, guidelines for natural wine, Isabelle Legeron MW, Jonathan Nossiter, Lydia Bourgignon, must, Natural European Wines, Natural European Wines Conference, natural wine, Natural Wine Producers, soil composition, tactile tasting, Terje Meling, terrir wine, Terroir, Vinmonopolet, VinNatur, yeast
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Terroir
The notion of Terroir has been on my mind a lot these last few days – partly because I have been studying for the Wine Location Specialist Certificate Program from the Center of Wine Origins and partly because the first … Continue reading
Posted in Wine Regions, terroir, wine eductation, wine tasting
Tagged #terroircamp, Champagne, Location Specialist Program, Porto, Terroir, Terroir camp, wine origins
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