Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Just going out for a bit of fresh air

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Winter pruning in rainy weather. Pruning is the main activity in the vineyard in the winter. You have to do it and it has to be done, at least partially manually. You can cut the vines with "hand powered" secateurs or with power secateurs, pneumatic as in the picture or electric.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A lot of vines

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An unusual sight. If you look only casually you might think that this is a field of asparagus. But no, this is newly grafted vines, planted to gain some vigour for next year's new plantations. The Loire Valley, France.

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Oak aging Cabernet Franc

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That is perhaps not very common, but here are the wooden fermentation vats and the oak barrels in the underground cellars of Domaine Couly-Dutheil in Chinon.

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Chenin blanc on schiste

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An old vine of chenin blanc in spring. Growing on poor schiste (slate) soil in Savennieres in the Loire Valley (Domaine de Closel), France.

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Gnarled - and the impossibility of protecting your rights. Sometimes.

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Another picture, a closeup, of an old vine of chenin blanc in spring.

(BTW this photo and two others of mine were illegally used, without permission, without payment and without photo credit, by a wine magazine in Chile - VitViniCCultura (now defunct?). I repeatedly tried to contact them to get things sorted but they never responded. Chile being so far away, it was difficult for me to take any legal action.)

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Anjou landscape

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Gentle slopes and green vineyards in spring in the Anjou region, Domaine de la Soucherie.

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Monday, November 17, 2008

For the wine nerd: rainwater collector

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This is a rainwater collector. The intention is to check what residues there are (from spraying for example). Unfortunately, since installation they have not had a drop of rain...
The Ackerman cellars are in an impressive old quarry. Today production has mode to modern facilities but you can still visit the old cellars.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Greenfield

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Domaine de l'Hortus. Pic St Loup. Languedoc. Young vines. First year vines recently newly planted. France. Europe. Vineyard.

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La Jasse Castel

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Bottle on a table with wine glasses and decanter in the wine bar Le Cafe du Passage in Paris. La Jasse 2002. Domaine La Jasse Castel. Montpeyroux. Languedoc. Wine aerating in a carafe. France. Europe.

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Les Fagots

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Domaine Haut-Lirou in St Jean de Cuculles. Pic St Loup. Languedoc. Bunches of vine twigs branches used inside a fermentation tank as a crude filter when emptying the tank. France. Europe.

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Cinsault or Cinsaut

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Chateau de Lascaux, Vacquieres village. Pic St Loup. Languedoc. Cinsault vine variety. Tourtourelle area. France. Europe. Vineyard.

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Domaine de Canet-Valette

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Domaine de Canet-Valette Cessenon-sur-Orb St Chinian. Languedoc. A tool shed hut in the vineyard. France. Europe.

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Cave wine

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The Ackerman cellars are in an impressive old quarry. Today production has mode to modern facilities but you can still visit the old cellars.

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The pour

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Alain Chabanon Domaine Alain Chabanon, previously Font Caude, in the Lagamas village. Montpeyroux. Languedoc. Pouring a wine sample in a glass. Stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks. Tank spout. Owner winemaker. France. Europe.

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Garrigue

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Domaine des Grecaux in St Jean de Fos. Montpeyroux. Languedoc. Garrigue undergrowth vegetation with bushes and herbs. France. Europe.

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Mont Hortus in Pic St Loup

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On one side you have the Pic mountain and on the other you have the Mont Hortus.

This photo is one of three of our pictures published by the Wall Street Journal to illustrate an article on Languedoc and on French wine trends.

Domaine de l'Hortus. The Montagne Massif de l'Hortus mountain cliff. Pic St Loup. Languedoc. Mourvedre vines facing south. France. Europe. Vineyard.

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