Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Visiting estates in Burgundy is a world of many different experiences .. some are old estates with several decades of history, some have sales personal and assistants to receive you and to make appointments. When entering the rather spacious new cellar of Chantereves located beneath a modern house …
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Readers will know that I have a strong passion for German Riesling wines .. a passion that dates back to the early 1990s. I was therefore thrilled when I had the possibility to meet one of the new and upcoming stars of Rheingau Eva Fricke in Copenhagen. So this weeks WotW are from Rheingau …
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Poetic ... I was thinking poetic on my way up the hill from Vougeot to Chambolle to taste the 2015s from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé with winemaker Francois Millet. I tasted the 2015s before the malolactic fermentation in June 2016 and now I had the opportunity to taste these magnificent wines …
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The organic and biodynamic vignerons had a terrible year in 2016 with the climate conditions not favouring the organic and biodynamic viticulture. The result has been devastating for some of the certified growers - who were forced to give up organic viticulture to salvage even a small fraction of …
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Organic and Biodynamic viticulture has been a Buzz-words in many wine districts in recent years, and while the intensions often are very noble .. the confusion regarding this seem to be rather massive. I have for some years been a strong believer in the organic viticulture, as this has been …
[Read more...] about Organic, Bio, Biodynamic viticulture – does it matter
