Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France

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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