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The co-owners of Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Claire and Marie de Ladoucette, have announced the departure of winemaker François Millet and the arrival of his successor, Jean Lupatelli, who will replace Millet as winemaker beginning with the 2021 vintage. Jean Lupatelli comes to the iconic …
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Sunday April 25 Mr. Brompton took me high up in the hills to Chaux, a small, rather unknown village in the Hautes Côtes. It was a test drive and a Sunday excursion aimed at seeing Nuits-Saint-Georges from the south and above. So first, the quick trip to Chaux - 4 km from Nuits and 140 metres up …
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Saturday April 24 I took a Brompton ride in the vineyards to see how bud break is progressing. It's a bit early, but in some plots, things are beginning to move - depending on the frost damage. I can understand why assessing the frost damage is close to impossible at this point. It will take …
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The road from Chaux to Nuits-Saint-Georges is steep and apparently difficult, as a Range Rover recently decided to skid off it, ending up downslope in one of Axelle Marchand de Gramont's vineyards. Vineyards are the product of years, decades, and lifetimes of work, and Axelle's father Bertrand …
Mother Nature is a beautiful, yet wayward and sometimes very moody lady. The weather can be unpredictable and at times very, very brutal, crushing people's hopes and dreams simply by turning down the temperature a couple of degrees at the wrong time. -6 celsius I was in the NSG vineyards …
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