Terroir – Missinwine

By - Caroline
Posted on March 1, 2016
Posted in bioenergy, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir

The Bioenergetic movement in Champagne

Last week I was in London helping Marc Augustin to introduce his bioenergetic Champagnes into the UK market. In order to gather a bit of interest for his wines we had invited a handful of writers and Champagne aficionados to come and taste his Champagnes and talk about bioenergy over an apero at Dvine Cellars.

By - Caroline
Posted on August 13, 2014March 2, 2016
Posted in biodynamic, bioenergy, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir
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One Step Beyond – Franck Pascal’s Bio-energetic Champagne

At the beginning of June I spent my birthday learning all about bio-energetic Champagne at Franck Pascal‘s. Franck and Isabelle had invited me together with the staff of La Truffiere, a Michelin starred Parisian restaurant, to share their 20 year wine making journey with all its ups and downs. I had first tasted Pascal’s’s wines

By - Caroline
Posted on April 27, 2014
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir

Grower Champagne tasting week falls short of becoming the region’s Grands Jours

Six years ago, a group of seventeen Champenois vignerons created a new tasting concept focusing on terroir and wine and called it Terres et Vins de Champagne. The aim was to show that Champagne can also be terroir wine rather than just a standarized bubbly beverage. To explain the finer details of the terroir the

By - Caroline
Posted on February 20, 2014March 25, 2014
Posted in Amarone, terroir, Wine Review, wine tasting
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A few terroir driven Valpolicella producers at the Anteprima Amarone

At the end of January the 2010 Antiprima Amarone took place in Verona. I was lucky enough to be the guest of the Valpolicella Consorzio who also scheduled several visits in the region for us. Amarone is the most prestigious wine from the Valpolicella area; it’s specificity is that it is a dry wine made

By - Caroline
Posted on February 24, 2013February 25, 2013
Posted in biodynamic, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir, vins clairs
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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 had cleared after the first fermentation;all the yeast and sediments having fallen to the bottom.

By - Caroline
Posted on November 26, 2012
Posted in biodynamic, Champagne, EWBC, organic, terroir

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 it was a presentation–one that could have been entitled, Natural Wine? Wrong! Sorely missing on

By - Caroline
Posted on June 9, 2012June 10, 2012
Posted in biodynamic, Champagne, Natural Wine, organic, terroir, wine fair
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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 3 days I tasted some great artisan wines, had the opportunity to speak and learn

By - Caroline
Posted on February 17, 2012
Posted in Champagne, terroir

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 in the paleontological research and excavations conducted in Fleury-la-Rivière. As a young man, Patrice used

By - Caroline
Posted on January 2, 2012
Posted in Natural Wine, terroir, wine eductation, Wine Review, wine tasting
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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 wines. VinNatur incorporates natural wine producers in Italy, France and Slovenia, but in essence it

By - Caroline
Posted on October 10, 2011October 10, 2011
Posted in Californian wine trip, terroir, Wine Regions, wine tasting

Sonoma County and Anderson Valley – the final chapter of my Californian road trip

As I am going through all my notes for future blog posts my eye is suddenly drawn to my notes on Sonoma and Anderson Valley. All at once I go bright red with shame as it has now almost been 6 months since I visited the area and it actually was the highlight of my

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