We are in 1954 and the Mayor of Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Lucien Jeune) writes a decree which will be widely talked about: he forbids the flight over of his municipality by the flying saucers ! Madness, drunkeness or real belief…none of that, the truth is out there… In alien booming of...
Rhone Valley
Michel Chapoutier: wines, sex and mythology !
1m57, lame, the most important producer of biodynamy in France, feels affection for sexual metaphors to talk about wine, Michel Chapoutier is definitely an atypical ! Also by his itinerary: he buys the company to “Labdacos”, his grandfather in 1990, after a first successful vintage 1989 and many years...
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At Delas’ house, their wine became my lass…(2/3)
Not alas for Delas’wines, but rather a big CONGRATULATIONS in their beautiful wine-tasting cellar. After Paul Jaboulet Aîné, this is the second part of the classics of Rhone Valley: Delas Frères’ house in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols ! Not some troubles as soon as you cross the entrance in this nest. The...
Jaboulet, your wines are not “Tain-ted” (1/3)
It’s true that I feel pale these days…Then, way to Tain l’Hermitage, the sun, the Rhone, its vineyards and the good wines of Paulo ! Welcome in the cradle of the syrah to revise our classics in 3 parts: today, honour to the Jaboulet’s dynasty ! The winter over,...