Tagged with "wine education"
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Hail strikes the Loire again in June 2022
The weather in the Loire has been unseasonally hot and dry these past few weeks and as temperatures rose, hail storms were predicted.
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Flowering in the Loire 2022 (and a few stats)
I posted a few days ago that vines here in the Loire are flowering. There seems to be a lot of fruit and conditions are perfect at the moment.
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A Vouvray producer to look out for – Domaine d’Orfeuilles
Domaine d’Orfeuilles is an estate that has been in the Herivault family for more than 2 centuries.
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Vineyard update 21 May 2022 – Flowering
We’ve had very little rain these past few weeks and lots of sunshine.
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Wine Education. What is tying down – ‘pliage’?
In the vineyards, growers are ‘tying down’ – pliage in French. Only vines that have a long cane after pruning can be tied down to the wire.
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Frost damage 2022
We had a walk around the Vouvray vineyards this morning to take a look at potential frost damage.
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An unusual pairing that works!
A fine meringue case encasing slowly roasted new season’s strawberries from Plougastel, a vanilla cream and a tart rhubarb sauce.
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Wine education. What’s the difference between passerillage & botrytis?
Do you know the difference between passerillage & botrytis? Sweet wines can be made with grapes affected by both. But what’s the difference?
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Location is everything!
They say that about houses don’t they? Location, location location! And it’s the same with vines.
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Wine in a can. Can it be good?
I’ve always been more intruiged by off-beat wines and quirky grape varieties than big money wines. A grape variety I’ve never heard of.
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Tasting with Clemence & Xavier Weisskopf at La Levée de la Loire
This weekend saw the return of the Loire tasting events that mark the annual calendar after nearly 2 years of absence.
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Malbec from Domaine des Rochelles
Domaine de Rochelles is a family run estate based in Saint Jean des Mauvrets, about 10 minutes from Angers.