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• August 2010

  Drinks Business started me thinking.....Building upon the AOC Languedoc base first established in 2007, two new tiers have now been created: Grands Vins du Languedoc and Grands Crus du Languedoc, in a move that the industry hopes will demonstrate its improved quality rather than confuse drinkers with further fragmentation of the appellation.As T... Read More

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• July 2010

  What's your opinion on the following piece?------------------------------------------------------------------France's appellation system may soon be homogenised into globally recognised brands, according to a French wine official. Read More

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• December 2009

  This week I interviewed a local wine maker here in Western Pennsylvania for my podcast. He makes all of his wines from hybrid grapes because they grow best here in Western PA. His logic is that pretty much once a decade we have a winter cold enough to kill vitis vinifera grapes and they would never be able to reach their full potential here. Do ... Read More

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• August 2009

  Harvest will begin soon in France.In some places (Languedoc, Limoux, ), harvest already began. Hot summer, somedays very hot (40°C), quasi no rain since 2 months, grapes are almost "cooked" !In my place (Tarn et Garonne, France south west), Sauvignon is so sweet that it'll give 12.8° of alcohol.I propose in this topic to share photos and news fr... Read More

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