Prosecco - 2013

Jacques Pierre in front of his wine farm Laragne-Montéglin , Haute Provence This story is taking place in Jean Giono country at the border of Haute Provence and Hautes Alpes in a region south of Grenoble at mid altitude, with warm summers but cool nights, this is not the Provence you might think about, these are remore lands with scarce population and harsh climatic conditions that have shaped along the centuries a hard working local with an enduring and austere character...

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In the parcel next to the wine farm Saint-�tienne-des-Oulli�res (Beaujolais) Were here in the Beaujolais visiting Romain des Grottes, this is another of my backlog stories, it took place at the turn of july and august while riding on motorbike from Paris to Provence using non-toll highways. This year has been difficult in some regards in France with the pandemic and the economic consequences of the lockdowns but what a weather we had to counterbalance this misery ! Just a wonderful,...

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Jean-Baptiste Menigoz with Florien Abergement le Petit , Jura This is an iconic wine event that has been taking place for around 10 years in spring, Le Nez dans le Vert is a wine fair organized by Jean-baptiste Menigoz and gathers a few producers of the region making natural wine and Jura wine lovers including dedicated importers. The website states that Jura is the organic-most wine region of France as of 2014, with 14 % of the vineyard surface farmed organic, versus 8 % nationwide...

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Renaud Bruy�re Pupillin , Jura Adeline Houillon and Renaud Bruy�re have been building their domaine along the years in Pupillin outside Arbois, starting in 2011 with less than one hectare located in Arbois and with a surface today of 5 hectares stretched between Pupillin and Arbois, but Renaud says there downsizing back to 4 hectares next year because they have enough surface that way (he adds they prefer to make less, but better). Adeline who is the sister of Emmanuel Houillon ha...

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In the cellar Mesnay , Jura Just outside arbois (the small road from Arbois to this tiny village is yet another reason to fall in love with this area) on the east side theres the village of Mesnay where we visited a vigneron, Thomas Popy who started his production very recently (in 2015). You reach the village (see view of the main street on right) by following more or less the winding course of the river 1,8 km from town, this river also flowing through Arbois. Thomas, who is a B...

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Arbois rocks ! Arbois , Jura If there had to be just a single reason why I love the little town of Arbois in the Jura (but there are plenty of other reasons), this could be because its the home of the Bistrot des Claquets , a homy bar-restaurant with an exciting wine list of artisan vintners. Started by Claudie Peseux years ago, it recently changed hands last june with Rachel Gariglio taking the wheel. Rachel has been an active staff there for years, so we can be confident that th...

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Alice Bouvot Arbois , Jura That was a busy day, we began with a vist at LOctavin which is now single-handedly managed by Alice Bouvot. The domaine was started in Jura in 2005 with her then partner Charles Dagand. Trained in Bordeaux, then in Dijon Alice traveled around the world (Mexico, Chile, New Zealand, Napa) and when back in France at 30 she worked as manager in a domaine where she met Charles who was also employed there, and together they decided to start something, discoveri...

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