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Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in FranceWine Terroirs : Wine discovery, wine tasting and vineyards in France .Last Build Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:06:47 +0100
Terroir Landscaping Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:06:47 +0100 Pibarnon's amphitheater vineyards : an example of audacious landscaping (pic 2004)Categories : Terroir, bulldozers and miscellaneous.... There's a debate going on here and there about what is included in the concept of terroir : we know that it includes the...
Rosé des Riceys (Champagne) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:10 +0100 Emmanuel Horiot in front of the double-basket Marmonier press (1956)Les Riceys, Aube (Champagne) Here is one of the littlest-known rosé still wine with ancient roots : the Rosé des Riceys. You'll have a hard time finding a bottle of Rosé...
The Ambassador's wines Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:55 +0100 Ambassador David Bruce being knighted in Burgundy (1951 - source USIS)A couple years ago, I wrote a story (Wine Oblivion) about the post-war period which saw the cold war unfold, the then-disastrous economic situation of Burgundy and the nascent use...
Bikers' Club (Donetsk) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:34:59 +0100 Bikers with an attitude at the door of the Biker's ClubDonetsk (Donbass) - drink beer, listen to music, nothing else If young people do like to have a beer together in public parks in Donetsk like elsewhere in Ukraine, that...
Wine News (25) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:11:29 +0100 Supporters at the new Donetsk stadiumDonetsk, Donbass (Ukraine) In Ukraine like in Russia, drinking in the street is not automaticly associated with disorderly conduct, it's a tradition in a region which never had many pubs or bars and where the...
Cemetery Booze (Donetsk, Ukraine) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:03:59 +0100 Wine, vodka and caviar (engraved marble)...Mushketovskoe cemetery, Donetsk, Donbass (Ukraine) Don't be surprised to come occasionnally accross a drunkard or a bum in a Russian or Ukrainian cemetery (I did in one of my cemetery visits this time), they're probably...
Soviet Champagne History Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:06 +0100 Soviet Champagne on Lenin Square (Donetsk)Remember the Paris wine tasting of 1976 which was an unexpected shock for the French wine establishment ? For those who forgot the story, let's remind the facts : In a blind wine tasting held...
Artyomovsk (ex- Soviet Champagne) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:18:46 +0100 Artyomovsk winery - left : entry to the underground galleriesArtemivsk, Donetsk Oblast (Donbass - Ukraine) The Artyomovsk winery in eastern Ukraine is a good example of a Soviet Champagne Kombinat turned into a more qualitative sparkling outlet with the privatization...
Noëlla Morantin (Loire) Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:58:29 +0200 Noella Morantin checking the filling of a wooden vatPouillé, Touraine, Loire Another load of Côt grapes were pushed by the belt elevator into the Grenier wooden vat as Noella Morantin was checking the filling and she brushed off the grapes...
Wine News (24) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:19:40 +0200 Dropping for a Quincy, ending with Dutch beer & Côte Roannaise...Never think that you can drop at a friends-owned bar and leave with the single glass of wine you had in view, a Quincy in this case... I showed up... |
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