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Natural Wine by Isabelle Legeron
I very rarely publish a book review here, in fact I believe this is the first time ever that I want to share a book on this blog… The reason is very simple, Isabelle Legeron‘s Natural Wine book completely blew … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic, Natural Wine, organic, terroir
Tagged Isabelle Legeron, natural wine
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic, Champagne, Natural Wine, organic, terroir, wine fair
Tagged artisan wine, balance, biodynamic farming, biodynamic grape growing, biodynamic wine, Claude Bourgignon, Craig Hawkins, David Léclapart, living soil, mineratity, natural wine, Nicolas Joly, RAW, s, Terroir, Tom Lubbe, Vinivert
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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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A quick review of Prowein 2012
Last weekend I attended Prowein in Dusseldorf. Over the past decade Prowein has developed itself into THE wine fair to attend in Europe. It attracts visitors and exhibitors from all over the world and with a lot of determination and … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, networking, Uncategorized, wine eductation, wine fair, Wine Regions, wine tasting
Tagged #WineLover, Australian trail tasting, distributor, Ecological and Organic Wine Hall, free wifi, importer, Institute of Masters of Wine, introduction to Wines of Turkey tasting, lack of free wifi, MW Master Class, Organic Wine, Prowein, tasting experience, wine, Wine Australia, wine business, Wine Fair, wine tasting, Wines of Turkey
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The Natural European Wines Conference (#NEW11) part 2 – the VinNatur tasting
After my report about the actual Natural European Wines Conference (#NEW11) organised by VinNatur, it is now time to talk about the tasting. I had thoroughly enjoyed the conference and was really looking forward to now taste some prime examples … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, terroir, wine fair, Wine Review, wine tasting
Tagged #NEW11, Carso, Corte Sant'Alda, Coter Vasja, Kars, Lusenti, Malvasia, Mosaico Piacentino, Natural European Wines Conference, natural wine, Natural Wine Tasting, Simbiosa, Terran, Valle Unite, Valpolicella, VinNatur, Vitovska
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, terroir, wine eductation, Wine Review, wine tasting
Tagged #NEW11, Claude Bourgignon, Federico Giotti, Federico Giotto, fermentation management, guidelines for natural wine, Isabelle Legeron MW, Jonathan Nossiter, Lydia Bourgignon, must, Natural European Wines, Natural European Wines Conference, natural wine, Natural Wine Producers, soil composition, tactile tasting, Terje Meling, terrir wine, Terroir, Vinmonopolet, VinNatur, yeast
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