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The tasting overflowing in the street Le Marais, Paris This is small natural-wine tasting named Pépites that took place in the Marais on a side street ( impasse Guéménée near the Place des Vosges) in a restaurant named Capitaine , I would have missed it if not tipped about it by Lexie and later Aaron (these Americans are well connected!). This month of april has been mostly fair and sunny in France and in Paris, with a little breeze that prevented top reach high temperatures. . The terraces of course enjoyed in this spring 2022 a solid rebound after two years of restraints and downright suppression, and parks, gardens & lawns were full as well (pic on left : Place des Vosges nearby). Tastings have taken the same path, even in small venues, people would elbow their way in cramped spaces without masks and worries. The fee for this professiona...

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Tanguy Perrault & Anne-Cécile Jadaud Chan�ay , Vouvray area (Loire) Here I am on the outskirts of the charming village of Chan�ay, sitting against the slopes lining the Loire river valley. Anne-Cécile and Tanguy who started their domaine in 2009 were initially teachers at the wine school of Amboise (Lycée Viticole) where they met. Longing for the vigneron life instead of merely teaching the skills, they ended making the step, first training their hand on a small parcel (0.5 hectare) all the while keeping their day job at the technical school, then later quitting for good as the domaine grew in surface (it now makes about 8 hectares with 7 hectares in production). Before that, Anne-Cécile (who is from Tours) had done her training in Montpellier [Languedoc] where she got her oenology degree ( DNO ) and Tanguy (who is from Brittany) got his vit...

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We had in Paris recently the tasting of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux where the wines of 2019 were poured to the invited professionals. The event took place like usual now in the magnificient setting of the Carreau du Temple . The event was initially scheduled to take place early february but the rebound of the pandemic resulted in the postponing to the 3rd week of march, and when we received the invitations by mail in mid-february we were noticed to show a vaccination document (or passe sanitaire ) but in between the rules had been lifted. Anyway things seem to go back to normal with spring tastings resuming. This was a monday of course so that sommeliers and restaurateurs could come during their day off. There was a queue at the door at opening time but not that long compared to a few years ago. For your information, the UGCB is a group created in the early ...

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The counter and bottle wall Budapest, Hungary Here is Vinopiano , this wine bar made its debut on the other side of the Danube on Bart�k Béla �t and was transfered here because from what I understand the investor behind the venue found another location on Pest side along Tuzolt� utca on premises large enough so that they could fit both a kert (or Biergarten with a ruin pub touch) on the surface and the wine bar in a basement. Wine bars (usually doubling as wine shops) dealing with natural wine have been opening here and there in Budapest in the last few years but this one gets this relaxed approach that makes it more familiar for those of us used to the bohemian laidback atmosphere of the French natural wine bars. The easygoing feel may also have to do with the location, Tuzolt� utca is off the beaten track, a bit off-center its not the classy (but rather cold) ...

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Who loves wine, loves life It is good to remind that along history the vision and understanding on things has evolved continuously. What you believed as rock solid decades ago evaporates overnight, and this in many fields (todays righteous certitudes will follow the same path, be sure of that). This story is not only an interlude while waiting a warmer season but a reminder on times where optics were totally different... These posters date from, say, around 1915 to the late 1960s. Since the censorship law of 1991 there has been of course no positive communication campaign in France regarding wine, everything now unfolding instead by word of mouth and undercover. But on the bright side the natural-wine milieu is certainly the most vibrant in emphasizing the healthy and joyful nature of this age-old beverage... Wine makes you strong - Lets drink wine Give your prefere...

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Festive street window 11th arrondissement, Paris This is another tastingI went to in the vibrant 11th to recently (actually in early december...) and this was my last tasting in that year (not that there werent more, this season was hot, but I was busy or away afterwards). This professional tasting was organized by Solenne Jouan, the young woman behind Vins Eléments , she is a distribution agent and through this structure she deals only with living wines, selling to professionals in Paris. The young sommeli�re worked at Le Baratin, Saturne and Bistrot Paul Bert (all hot spots for real wines/real food) before setting up her own thing. The tasting took place at both the Bistrot Paul Bert (I linked to their wine list) and LEcailler du Bistrot next door, two venues that work in tandem (also owned by Bertrand Auboyneau and Gwena�lle Cadoret). These are good places to...

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The marquee-like room Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle , Auvergne This early december took place the 18th edition of the famed (if small) wine fair Les 10 Vins Cochons , a natural-wine, direct-sale event centered on the wines of Auvergne and Massif Central. The organizers had in mind from the start to make these wines better known for the locals who dont have the opportunity to know them, thats why the organizers kept selecting along the years venues located deep in the heart of this vibrant mountainous region which as you know is dotted with so many exctinct volcanoes. Thats why also the bottle prices were pretty friendly, that is, either the same price than at the wine farm or even cheaper from what I was told by a few winemakers. The remoteness of the chosen location tends to make this wine fair indeed very local with few Parisians or foreigners attending because of th...

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