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Champagne Harvest 2018: Marie-Noelle Ledru and Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy
Harvest started early in 2018, officially opening on August 20th, yet the official dates showed big differences, with some villages only opening early September. Derogations are possible and even if a few people began picking earlier, so far the harvest has … Continue reading
One Step Beyond – Franck Pascal’s Bio-energetic Champagne
At the beginning of June I spent my birthday learning all about bio-energetic Champagne at Franck Pascal‘s. Franck and Isabelle had invited me together with the staff of La Truffiere, a Michelin starred Parisian restaurant, to share their 20 year … Continue reading
Grower Champagne tasting week falls short of becoming the region’s Grands Jours
Six years ago, a group of seventeen Champenois vignerons created a new tasting concept focusing on terroir and wine and called it Terres et Vins de Champagne. The aim was to show that Champagne can also be terroir wine rather … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir
Tagged Artisans de Champagne, Champagne, Club Trésor de Champagne, Grands Champagne, Grands jours de Champagne, living soil, Mais du Terroir de Champagne, Origine Champagne, Passion Chardonnay, Terres et Vins de Champagne, Terroir, terroir champagne, Trait-d'Union
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French Police: Friend or Foe?
On Friday it was the fourth International Champagne Day, and the group of Terres et Vins de Champagne Vignerons had organized a small event in the Glue Pot in Reims to let people discover their wines for a small fee. … Continue reading
Grands jours de Champagne?
Whilst there are plenty of international wine fairs, a lot of winemakers prefer to show off their wines on home territory. It gives them the opportunity to really woe the diverse audience of national and international press, importers, distributors and … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, terroir, wine fair, wine tasting
Tagged Artisans de Champagne, Champagne, Champagne Tasting, Circle of Wine Writers, Grands jours de Bourgogne, Grands jours de Champagne, Talents et Terroirs de Champagne, tasting, Terres et Vins de Champagne, Trait-d'Union, vins clairs
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Caroline’s Champagne – more terroir, organic winegrowing and natural winemaking
The first thing I read this morning was “The latest stimulant to drag me out of natural wine commentary retirement was the ‘debate’ during the European Wine Blogger’s Conference in Turkey. Turns out this wasn’t a debate as much as … Continue reading
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
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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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