Wine with a human touch … more photo sessions this week

There is, in my view, a common misconception that wines are solely the result of the terroir, the climate, and the sepage used in the vineyards.

I do admire Aubert de Villaine’s extensive and passionate work to promote the Burgundian terroirs … but even at DRC, the grapes do not jump directly from the vines and into the bottle at random optimal dates

In fact, global warming is day by day increasing the importance of human intervention – that being timing of the harvest and talent to create some Burgundian wines in this hot climate.

There is a big missing part – the human touch, the choices and abilities of the vigneron and their team.

The choices of the winemaker and owner are crucial… terroir alone does not do the trick; this is why so many wines from big terroirs are disappointing… the lack of talent is sometimes overwhelming.

But when great minds and talent unite with the Burgundian terroirs, magic can happen. Vignerons like Thibault Morey, Pierre-Olivier Garcia, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair and Céline Fontaine-Gagnard do the magic … not in all wines … but often and mostly. This is just the start of the journey that will let you in behind the facade of the vignerons we love.

Here at Winehog, we know it is the vigneron who makes the wines, and in almost every case, the personality and circumstances of the winemaker are reflected in the wine.

Interesting wines have personality – Great wines have personality and great terroirs

This is why we will take a step further at Winehog… and have included the visual dimension with photos from Dr Chua Yang … who has a fine-tuned sensitivity to find some of the key qualities. We often agree … and this is why I think that the last element in Vin d`émotiion is the human touch.

A new round of photo shoots is now on its way …

Photos taken by Dr Chua Yang … 📸 @drchuayang