Let’s go for a walk in the vineyards
Wines are matured in oak barrel or in vats (stainless steel or concrete) for 3 main reasons :
Modifying the phenolic structure and making tannins smoother
Stabilizing the colour, limpidity and colloids
Developping aromas
The length of maturation, the use of enological products, temperature, nature of wood affect the […]
Palette appellation.
A very small appellation : 42 ha (105 acres). This tiny AOC take place between two villages : Tholonet and Meyreuil, by Aix en Provence. Only 2 wineries are producing the excellent AOC Palette white : Château Simone at Meyreuil and Château Crémade at Tholonet
Grounds : its a […]
Beaumes-de-Venise vine area is located on the southern and eastern part of the Dentelles de Montmirail massif. AOC ‘s surface is 600 hectares (1500 acres) on the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Lafare, La Roque, Alric and Suzette. Altitudes are spreading from 100 m to 500 m.
The groung is made of 3 kinds of […]
Banyuls terroir’s area is the same as Collioure’s. Territory encompasses 4 villages : Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls et Cerbère.
Grounds :
The Pyrrénées fall straight down the Mediterranean in a particular rugged mountain site : vineyards are taking place in these sheer schist slopes. Arid and poor, slopes are so vertiginous that we sometimes need […]
Bandol vineyard is situated between the small town La Ciotat and Toulon. Vines spread on rounding hills and alternate in small plain with sheer slopes covered with terrasses named there « restanques ». There’s a quite perfect unity in the type of ground, no altitude effects.
There’s is 700 ha planted in vines. That AOC […]
Les Baux is a very small appellation covering only 325 ha (812 acres), the western appellation in Provence and closest to the Rhône river.
That AOC spreads on 8 villages les Baux-de-Provence, Eygalières, Fontvieille, Le Paradou, Maussane-les- Alpilles, Mouriès, Saint-Étienne-du-Grès and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
AOC since 1995 for reds (67 % of the total […]
The Costières de Nîmes vineyard (the largest gravel or « villafranchien » terrasse in Europe : 24 km long x 12 km large (14,4 x 7,2 miles) spreads on the Rhône right bank. The landscape is an alternation of small hills and plateau at an altitude ranging from 20 to 147 m.
That area is […]
This is a complex region for its dimension 150 km long x 50 km large (90×30 miles). A multitude of growing conditions can be observed due to the altitude, the proximity of the sea or of the mountains, the nature of groung and wind influences.
AOC Languedoc since May 2007 (since 1982, the AOC was named […]
Châteauneuf-du-Pape became officially an appellation in 1936. The vineyard covers a surface of 3 140 ha, on five towns or villages : Châteauneuf du Pape, Courthézon, Orange, Bédarrides and Sorgues. The production is essentially concerned in reds, less tha 10% as white, no rosé.
The traditional wine training is « gobelet » pruning : a […]
Chemins Vignerons has got wine touring experience since 2002 in the french medierranean vineyards
Our energy is coming from the desire to bring the beauty of Mediterranean wine and its vineyards to a wider audience : the sheer beauty of Languedoc’s countryside, the breathtaking views in Provence…
An incredible range of white, rose and red […]
The 2009 vintage has recently been harvested, vinifications are finishing. The spring and the early summer were fresher than usual (hail and Mistral at Gigondas), the last rainfall (locally) happened at the end july. August was scorching, temperature went up to 38° C (100°F) and 40°C (104° F) according terroirs. Septembre was exceptional, hot and […]
Grape yellow disease (or flavescence dorée) is from North America. That’s a recent plague in southern France that causes devastation that could become as big a problem as Phylloxera. Since 1987, its mandatory in France to fight against that disease, that leads to heavy loss of yields, and eventually and the loss […]
Septembre: first week end at Saint Péray (Ardèche), Wine festival Le Cep du Prieuré, Place Louis Alexandre Faure à Saint Péray-07130 Tél. : 33 (0)4 75 74 77 00 - Fax : 33 (0)4 75 74 77 01 http://www.saint-peray.net/
August: first week end at Châteauneuf du Pape (84232 ) B.P. 56 - rue Joseph DucosTél. 04.90. 83. 57. 57 www.chateauneuf.com
July: third sunday wines festival at Saint Chinian Syndicat des Vins AOC Saint-Chinian 04 67 38 11 69 www.saint-chinian.com
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