- 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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- Caroline’s Champagne – vins clairs, terroir & savoir faire
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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 – a reflection on Champagne Terroir and the human role in the expression of this Terroir
I have been pretty occupied by the notion of “terroir” in Champagne lately. It all started off with the 4 independent winegrowers vins clairs and Champagne tastings 3 weeks ago. Terres et Vins de Champagne were de initiators of this … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Natural Wine, terroir
Tagged Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, champagne making process, climatic elements, human input, human input in terroir, personal expression of the land, single vineyard, single vineyard Champagne, soil composition, soil diversity, Terres et Vins de Champagne, terroi, vinification, vins clairs, wine making process
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