Welcome!
Hello,
I normally write for http://winesearcher.com so most of the posts here are dated. However, do have a look at my Acceptance speech ACB personality of the year 2023l it explains why the Champagne appellation should reinstate a deadline to eradicate herbicides in the regionCategories
Missinwine on Facebook
-
Recent Missinwine Stories
Tag Archives: Vincent Laval
Kick off of the 2016 Champagne Harvest in Cumières
It is hard to believe harvest is upon us once again. This year marks my fifth Champagne harvest, five years living in the same place really is something of a personal victory! Especially when you consider that I stil am … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, champagneharvest 2016, organic, terroir
Tagged Ay, Blanc de Rose, champagne harvest, Coteau Champenois, Cumières, Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon, Johann Merle, Les hautes Chèvres, Les Longues Viols, Meunier, organic, Pinot Noir, Roederer, rosé de saignée, Vincent Laval
Leave a comment
Avant les bulles – an organic story of vins clairs
Author’s note before you read this article – Amanda Reagan accused me of plagiarism because my original title was Before the bubbles – an organic story of vins clairs tastings. She has written an article in 2010 which was called … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, vins clairs
Tagged biodynamic, biodynamic farming, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Emmanuel Brochet, Fleury, Folliage, Hervé Jestin, Leclerc-Briant, organic, organic farming, single vineyard, Victor Dravigny, vin clair, Vincent Charlot, Vincent Laval, vins clairs
Leave a comment
#ChampagneHarvest13:the making of Rosé de Saignée
Rosé Champagne is a small but growing part of the market and in the last twenty years it has become part of the portfolio of just about every Champagne producer. Most Champagne rosés are made by adding a small percentage … Continue reading
#ChampagneHarvest13: Cumières & the Sézannais
Champagne Georges Laval Les Chenes is an iconic cuvée, a single vineyard or lieu dit of 0.4 hectares (40 Ares), on the lower part of the steep slope between Cumières and Hautvillers. The vineyard is south facing with a gorgeous … Continue reading