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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Winery visit with Domaine François Carillon (Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy)

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French vacation days are (i) plentiful and (ii) fully subscribed. That was the unenviable situation we faced when trying to book appointment...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Sparkling wines of the Limoux AOC (Aube, Languedoc)

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Sparkling wine production in France can be placed into four broad categories: Champagne -- King of the hill. Reserved for sparkling wines ...
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Monday, September 8, 2014

Limoux AOC: Creation of a sparkling wine terroir

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Absent the "skullduggery" of Friar Dom, Limoux would have been the world's bubbly of choice. Because, according to the region...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Northern Rhone Rocks: Soils of the sub-region

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The Rhone Valley vineyard architecture has been shaped by tectonic, hydrologic, and wind forces applied to the evolving landscape over eons,...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Construction of the Rhone wine region landscape

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I have been selected to participate in a Press Trip to Chateauneuf du Pape and Tavel prior to DWCC14. I will, of course, be reporting on my ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Tasting the wines at Domaine Guy Roulot

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The tasting during our  Domaine Roulot visit  proceeded on two tracks: a tasting of the 2012 whites followed by a tasting, some of it blind,...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Winery visit with Jean-Marc Roulot of Domaine Guy Roulot

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To taste a Domaine Roulot wine is to taste a sense of deep rootedness, fine and crystalline, and yet somehow open. Although subtly powerful...