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        <description><![CDATA[La vie de tous les jours sur un vignoble en champagne.

The trials and tribulations of life on a Champagne vineyard.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Baby it's cold outside...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:44:44 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Renoir connection]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:20:55 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[I'm Jealous !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Handpicking - Vendanges à la main]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Royal Greetings]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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 !... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Harvest report]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sinking tempturatures....and sinking hopes !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Salon blues.....]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congrès Vignerons Indépendants de France à Epernay]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Big bottles !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jéroboams !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[J'avais encouragé Thierry à faire les Jéroboams lors de notre tirage 2010, et voilà qu'ils sont enfin prêts à être commercialisés ! Un jéroboam est l'équivalent de 4 bouteilles (3 litres), mais justement, un client un peu mécontent m'a demandé pourquoi... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[l'Année sera rose !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ca y est, les vendanges ont démarré ! Cette année, comme les rendements sont diminués et que nous ne serons pas "bousculé" au pressoir tout de suite, Thierry a décidé de commencer par faire du rosé. De plus, bien que la récolte est plus petite, la qualité... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Harvest 2012 : year of the rosé]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There's always a silver lining, so despite this year's low yields, the quality of the grapes is superbe : high sugar content, no rotting, and good acidity : just what we need to make an excellent "pink champagne"! This year Thierry decided to start out... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Recipe for a small harvest...Recette pour petite récolte]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here's my recipe for a small harvest : Take one week of extremely cold temps in late winter (-20° Celsius) to weaken the vines. Add a few weeks of warmth in March to start the vines budding early Throw in two-three days of damaging spring frost in April... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Welcome fellow Americans ! Bienvenu aux compatriotes américaines....]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I just read that an old family estate in Champagne was recently sold to an American couple. One would think I 'd be happy to see my fellow countrymen invest in Champagne, but frankly I don't know what to think. Recently we've been hearing of more and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wine as a Lifestyle - en &quot;version originale&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I recently discovered the US sitcom "Cougar Town" on French Television. The relatively recent introduction of Digital television in France has brought us access to US and British shows in their original version, and as a result, I find myself watching... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring planting...plantations de printemps]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Thierry a mis en place une politique de remplacement de nos plus vieilles vignes sur 10 ans, donc tous les ans nous arrachons une parcelle pour la replanter au printemps Thierry has implemented a replanting scheme in order to replace our oldest vines... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Frost scare - Menace de Gel]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Working with nature has its ups and downs, and we don't all react to weather patterns in the same way. While city dwellers were crowding the outside cafés terraces and enjoying the sunshine during the warm spell we had in March, here in champagne we were... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happy Ground Hog's Day - Happy Chandeleur !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Nothing to do with champagne, but since today happens to be my birthday, I thought I'd mention that in France February 2nd is the day they celebrate "Chandeleur" a very old Christian feast day, with ties to the pagan cult of the bear, which as everyone... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happy Saint Vincent's Day !]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://champagnefluteau.over-blog.com/article-happy-saint-vincent-s-day-97596391.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Did you know that Saint Vincent is the patron saint of wine growers? Traditionally in many French wine growing regions a mass is celebrated followed by a "Vin d'honneur"( reception) afterwards, where all the notables make speeches and hand out awards... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eclats de Glace]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Good luck to our friends Hind and Jerome who are launching their cool new product - colored ice cubes ! - this week at the Monaco International Clubbing Show (if you look REAL close, you can see three bottles of our champagne "Blanc de Noirs" in the picture... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[a winegrower's work is never done......travail du Dimanche]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[LIving nextdoor to the winery as we do does have it's benefits - no time wasted on commuting to and from work, for example, but it has disadvantages too. For instance, it's hard to stay away from work, especially at crucial moments like right after the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[la fin...et la suite - the end of the beginning]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ca y est, les vendanges sont terminées. Hier nous avons pressé le dernier marc pour 2011. Bien sûr, ce n'est pas vraiment la fin - Pour la vinification, ce n'est qu'un début - il reste encore à faire pour transformer ces beaux raisins en vin et ensuite... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Fluteau]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[No news is good news...Pas de nouvelle, bonne nouvelle !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Nous voilà à mi-vendanges et heureusement, plus de mésaventures. Le pressoir a été réparé rapidement et surtout il fait un temps parfait pour vendanger - ni trop chaud, ni froid et pas de pluie - on croise des doigts pour que cela dure..... On me demande... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When it rains, it pours...literally and figuratively ! Un malheur n'arrive jamais seul...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It's beginning to feel like we're jinxed ! After another day of rainstorms yesterday, where we once again had to resort to our "chenillard" to get the grapes out of the vineyards, today the wine press has broken down. This is the "Rolls Royce" of grape... ]]></description>
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