La vie de tous les jours sur un vignoble en champagne. The trials and tribulations of life on a Champagne vineyard.
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Terrible start to the season - three nights of below 0° temps, and one more predicted for the day after tomorrow. Ever wonder why champagne is so expensive? Because it's very difficult to grow grapes in this climate, though the resulting champagne can...
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"Arrivés à Troyes par l'express de Paris ils attendent généralement un second train pour joindre enfin la gare de Polisot où, le cheval "coco", Fluteau le cousin, Clément et son fils viendront les attendre tous les débuts juillet" Ever since I read this...
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Yes, I'll admit, I'm green with envy that George Clooney chose another champagne for his wedding ! I will concede that if he had to choose something other than Champagne Fluteau, he at least went with another Vigneron Indépendant (owner-grower). The story...
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Just finished harvesting and we're super happy with the result : great grapes, ripe and excellent quality. Can't wait to see how the wines turn out ! I was recently asked why we do all the grape picking by hand in champagne. First of all, you need to...
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Best wishes for a very happy new year full of fun and surprises and lots of champagne! One of my resolutions for 2014 is to write more on this blog.........and after receiving a message from an English speaking customer, I've found my first subject !...
Lire la suite"Ouf" ! (that's a sigh of relief in French). I'm so glad we've finished harvesting as of October 5th. The indian summer days of September have given way to clouds, rain and cold and I pity the workers who are still out there picking grapes. This was a...
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Nature never lets us forget that so much of our livelihood depends on her whims! Winter and spring in France have been unusually cold, gray and wet this year. We breathed a sigh of relief last weekend and congratulated ourselves for getting through the...
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Nous sommes actuellement au Salon des Vins à Oyannax dans l'Ain ou les visiteurs se font rares......comme preuve, voici des photos prises à 15h samedi montrant les allées vides. Pendant qu'on est coincé ici, un grand soleil brille généreusement dehors...
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Les champenois ont eu l'honneur d'accueillir le congrès des Rencontres des Vignerons Indépendants de France cette semaine du 10 au 12 avril, sur le thème de l'export. De belles perspectives pour les vins francais sur les marchés export....pour ceux et...
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During our 2010 bottling, I encouraged Thierry to start producing in 3 liter bottles, called "Jéroboam", the equivalent of four normal sized bottles. We'd never ventured into larger formats, because for one thing, absolutely all the work has to be done...
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