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Archives for February 2017

Gressac: A holiday break from the urban life

22/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I headed for the Gard region to learn more about French organic wines; during my stay I was hosted by Domaine de Gressac. The owners, who are Swiss, and who previously worked in Geneva, were keen to introduce me to their natural wines but also to their five gîtes spread around the large property, beautiful purebred […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Domaine de Gressac, France, gîtes, Goudargues, natural wines, PRE horses, women's fitness boot camp

A hot French love affair

19/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Organic wine, the new mistress of the French heartland – beautifully seductive and the hottest girl in town or country. Everybody wants to have her, and to listen to the marketing spiels, everybody’s got her. Whew, what a dame! But French mistresses have a reputation for artifice. I’ve been keen to see for myself to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels Tagged With: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, bio, biodynamic, Chateauneuf-du-pape, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Côtes du Rhône wines, Domaine Clavel, Domaine Gressac, Domaine Luc Reynaud, Goudargues, Grenache, Laudun-Chusclan Cooperative, Laurence Reto Michelet, natural wines, Orange, organic wine, PRE horses, Syrah

Tradition, winemaking’s great myth

18/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Note: I asked Alexandre if I could translate and publish an English version of this because I felt the article makes a very important point, one not often heard. As a wine writer who is on the fringes of the wine industry – I don’t sell wine, I don’t promote wineries for money – I’m bothered by […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, grape varieties, Griffe law, natural wines, phylloxera, phytosanitary products, tradition, treatments, vine chimera

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