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Bottling Amourvedre and Abracadrantesque at ‘les Terres Promises’ :-)
Vintage is in full swing at “les Terres Promises” and with more and more grapes coming in we needed a little more tank space. It’s a good thing Jean-Christophe had booked the mobile bottling plant a while ago to bottle … Continue reading
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Tagged Abracadrantesque, Amourvedre, bottling, les Terres Promises
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Sorting, destemming of Alibi and La Chance
In order to lear more about natural wine I decided to work vintage at les Terres Promises, a small organic winery in the Provence. I will document my experiences in this blog. Continue reading
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Tagged Alibi, destemming, La Chance, les Terres Promises, natural wine, sorting, vintage
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Vintage aux Terres Promises…
A while ago my friend Arnold Waldstein inspired me to learn more about natural wines and when the opportunity came up a while ago I signed up to work vintage at “les Terres Promises”. I feel, that in order for … Continue reading
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Vinocamp Bordeaux – another lesson in online communication, community recommendations and online wine sales
At the beginning of the month I attended #vinocamp #Bordeaux. This barcamp was a lot bigger than #vinocamp #Lisboa with significantly more winery people attending. Lately I have been pondering about how crucial an online presence has become for any … Continue reading
Napa Valley – part 4 of the Californian Wine Road trip
It seems a long time ago now, but the next wine region I visited on my Californian road trip was the prestigious Napa Valley. I have to admit that I did not really have much of a plan of where … Continue reading
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Tagged Broman Cellars, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cakebread Cellars, Californian wine, food and wine pairing, Gravity fed winery, Napa Valley, Palmaz, Rutherford, Sauvignon Blanc, Single Vineyard wines, Syrah, wine, wine educator, wine tasting, winery
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A fun time at the #accesszone at the #LIWF (London International Wine Fair) 2011
On Monday I flew to London to help out on the Discovery Wines stand for my old winery Omaka Springs Estates. As always it was great to go to the fair to catch up with a lot of old and … Continue reading
Paso Robles Wine Country and Rhone varieties
Next destination on my wonderful wine trip through California was Paso Robles. I was really excited to visit Paso as a lot of my Californian and International wine friends had been raving about the place. As soon as I drove … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux Blend, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Californian wine, Chateau Neuf du Pape, Denner, Domaine de Beaucastel, Grenache, L'Aventure, Linne Calodo, Mouvedre, Paso Robles, Petit Verdot, Rhone Blends, Rhone Varieties, Syrah, Tablas Creek, wine, wine tasting
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Californian Wine Adventure – Temecula Valley
I have always wanted to learn more about Californian wines so I decided to take a 2 week wine road trip through California to taste my way up from San Diego to Mendocino county:-) 85% of US wine comes from … Continue reading