2013 La Dive Bouteille@Château de Brézé: photo quiz (part 2)

Second part of the photos taken at the 2013 edition of La Dive Bouteille held in the cellars of Château de Brézé. Again names please? Many thanks, especially to those who have now provided some names to go with the photos.

Benoist Rey 
An author who is often at events like Bourgueillotherapie
'Mieux vaut boire du rouge que broyer du noir' is his most recent book
On YouTube

François Blanchard

Le Grand Cléré, Lémeré  

This gent remains unnamed from the first quiz?

Can anyone help please?

2013 La Dive Bouteille@Château de Brézé: photo quiz

Photos of Loire producers at the 2013 edition of La Dive Bouteille@Château de Brézé. I meant to post them months ago and have now forgotten the names of some of the producers. Here is a selection. Can anyone help with some names please? 

Sylvain Dittière, Domaine de la Porte Saint-Jean

Christian Venier, Cheverny

Jean-Luc Tessier, Faverolles-sur-Cher (Touraine)

Grégory Leclerc, Chahut et Prodiges, Chargé (Indre-et-Loire)

(above and below)

  

Anne Paillet, Autour de l'Anne, Chargé

 

The 2014 edition of La Dive Bouteille will be held in the Ackerman cellars in St-Hilaire St-Florent on 2nd and 3rd February.

La Dive Bouteille 2013 – a new discovery in Vouvray: Mathieu Cosme

Château de Brézé: La Dive tasting in cellars underneath the château

Matthieu Cosme: Vouvray

At La Dive Bouteille tasting at Château de Brézé on the Sunday (3rd) before the start of the Salon des Vins de Loire I was impressed with the Vouvrays from Mathieu Cosme (Domaine de Beaumont) – a new discovery for me. He has 13 ha and started in 2005. I liked the purity of his wines. 

This is a brief post as I'm heading off to Umbria today for the Wine Lovers anniversary, where we will doubtless elect a new Wine Lovers pope!

Loire 2013: River Thouet floods

Château de Brézé in the round  

We headed over to La Dive Bouteille tasting in Château de Brézé – disappointingly warm and comfortable after all the warnings that on previous years it has been colder in the cellars than the North Pole. Also from what I tasted in the Loire there were considerably fewer completely off the wall wines than I expected. This was also true at the Renaissance tasting on the Saturday.  

On the way back from Brézé to Angers we tried to do the cut through from Chacé to the Doué road but this was impossible as the Thouet has flooded and the road is well under water.

 Flood sign at Chacé on the Rue du Thouet (D205)

No way through!

2013 La Dive Bouteille: Brézé – 3rd and 4th February

 Château de Brézé

Fourth edition of La Dive Bouteille at Brézé (49) ­0h-18h.

The impressive line-up
Champagne
Jérôme Prevost, la Closerie
Hélène et Bertrand Gautherot, Vouette Sorbée
Benoît Lahaye
Thierry Demarne, Demarne-Frison
Vincent Laval

Alsace
Audrey et Christian Binner
Jean-Christophe Bott, Bott-Geyl
Stéphane Bannwarth

Jura
Etienne Thiebaud, Cavarodes
Evelyne et Pascal Clairet, la Tournelle
Philippe et Tony Bornard

Savoie
Jean-Yves Peron
Jacques Maillet
François Grinand, le Perron (Bugey)

Bourgogne
Adrien Roux, Maison Caroline Marion (Chablis)
Vincent Thomas, la Chappe
Catherine et Jean Montanet, la Cadette (Vézelay)
Catherine et Claude Maréchal
Yann Durieux, Recrue des Sens (Hautes Côtes)
Fanny Sabre
Jean-Pascal Sarnin et Jean-Marie Berrux
Julien Altaber, Sextant
Isabelle et J-Y Vantey, Rouges Queues
Cécile et Philippe Valette (Pouilly-Fuissé)
Claire et Fabio Montrasi, les Rontets (Pouilly-Fuissé)
Philippe Jambon  (Mâconnais)
Arnaud Combier (Saint-Véran)

Beaujolais
Marie et Matthieu Lapierre
Geneviève et Jean-Claude Chanudet, Chamonard
Christophe Pacalet
Carole et Nicolas Testard
Georges Descombes
Karim Vionet
Raphaël Champier
Jean-Claude Lapalu

Bordeaux et Sud-Ouest
Michel Favard, Meylet (Saint-Emilion)
François Décombe, La Haie (Bordeaux)
Franck Pascal, Jonc Blanc (Bergerac)
Béné et Grég Hubau, Moulin Pey-Labrie (Fronsac)
Elian Da Ros (Marmandais)
Magalie et Ludovic Bonnelle, le Pech (Buzet)
Yvonne Hégoburu, Souch (Jurançon)
Mathieu Cosse (Cahors) et La Coste (Provence)
Simon Busser (Cahors)
Stéphanie Roussel,Lassole (Marmandais)
Sylviane et Michel Issaly, la Ramaye (Gaillac)
Myriam et Bernard Plageoles  (Gaillac)
Marc Penavayre, Plaisance (Fronton)
Dominique Andiran, Haut Campagnau (Gers)
Nicolas Carmarans (Entraygues, Aveyron)
Patrick Rols (Entraygues, Aveyron)

Rhône
Jean-Michel Stéphan (Côte Rôtie)
Béa et Hervé Souhaut, Romaneau d¹Estezet (St-Joseph)
Valérie et Philippe Chaume-Arnaud (Vinsobres)
Marcel Richaud (Cairanne)
Guy et Thomas Jullien, ferme St Martin
Claudie et Bertrand Cortellini, Rouge Garance
Laurence et Antoine Joly, Roche Buissière
Philippe Viret
Jérôme Jouret (Ardèche)
Manu Cunin et Vincent Fargier, Deux Terres (Ardèche)
Gérald Oustric, le Mazel  (Ardèche)
Gilles Azzoni, la Bégude (Ardèche)
Hélène et Christophe Comte, Le Vigneau (Ardèche)
Andrea Calek (Ardèche)

Languedoc
Delphine et Julien Zernott, Pas de l¹Escalette
Thierry Navarre (Saint-Chinian)
Yannick Pelletier (Saint-Chinian)
Blandine et Pierre Jequier, Foulaquier (Pic St L)
Charlotte et Jean-Baptiste Sénat (Minervois)
Gilles Azam, les Hautes Terres (Limoux)
Anne-Marie Lavaysse, Gimios (Minervois)
Bernard Bellahsen, Fontedicto
Emile Hérédia, les Dimanches
Laetitia Ourliac, Fond Cyprès (Corbières)
Maxime Magnon (Corbières)
Axel Prüfer, le Temps des Cerises
Alain Allier, Mouressipe (Gard)

Roussillon
Gérard et Lionel Gauby
Tom Lubbe, Matassa
Loïc Roure, Domaine du Possible
Edouard Laffitte, le Bout du Monde
Jacques de Chancel, l¹Ausseil
Philippe Wies, La Petite Baigneuse (Maury)
Bruno Duchêne (Collioure)
Manuel Di Vecchi, Vinyer de la Ruca (Banyuls)
Jean-Luc Chossart, Jolly-Ferriol
Gyslaine et A. Castex, Casot de Mailloles (Banyuls)
Christine Campadieu, Tour Vieille (Collioure)

Provence - Corse
Antoine et Jean-Baptiste Arena (Corse)
Jean-Baptiste Dutheil, Sainte-Anne (Bandol)
Peter Fischer, Revelette
Jean-Christophe Comor, Terres Promises

Satellites
John Wurdeman et Malkhaz, Pheasant¹s Tears (Géorgie)
Soliko Tsaishvili, Chveni Gvino-Our Wine (Géorgie)
Nikoloz Antadze, Antadze Winery (Géorgie)
Estelle et C. Bongiraud, Francuska Vinarija (Serbie)
Paolo Vodopivec, Venezia Giulia (Italie)
Anna et Eric Narioo, Vino di Anna, Etna (Italie)
Francesca Sfondrini, Massa Vecchia, Toscane (Italie)
Clémentine et Gian-Marco Antonuzi, le Coste (Italie)
Luca Roagna, Piémont (Italie)
Fernando Garcia, Comando G, Madrid (Espagne)
Olivier Rivière, Rioja (Espagne)
Luis Arnedo, Bodegas Lacus, Rioja (Espagne)
Vincent Wallard et Emile Hérédia, 4 Manos (Argentina)
Louis-Antoine Luyt, Le Vin Perdu (Chili)
Joseh Pedicini, Montebruno, Oregon (US)

Autres potions
Julie et Cyril Laudet, Laballe (Armagnac)
Guilhem Grosperrin, la Gabare (Cognac)
Julien Frémont (cidres)
Laurent Cazottes (eaux de  vie, liqueurs)
Ludo et Stéph Hardouin, Brasserie de la Pigeonnelle
Nathalie et Edgar Lefort, Vinaigrerie la Guinelle
Les Cafés nature d¹ Hippolyte Courty

The deep moat@Château de Brézé

Loire ­ Vaisseau Mère
Jérôme Bretaudeau, Bellevue (Muscadet)
Marc Pesnot, la Sénéchalière (Muscadet)
J Bresteau et M Houtin, Grange aux Belles (Anjou)
Philippe Delmée (Anjou)
Johanna et J-F Chéné, Coulée d¹Ambrosia (Anjou)
Geneviève et Nicolas Bertin, l¹Echalier (Anjou)
Olivier Cousin (Anjou)
Sylvain Martinez (Anjou)
Sébastien Bobinet (Saumur-Champigny)
Eric Dubois, Clos Cristal (Saumur-Champigny)
Antoine Sanzay (S-Champigny)
Thierry Germain, Roches Neuves (S-Champigny)
Sylvain Dittière, Porte Saint-Jean (S-Champigny)
Caroline et Antoine Foucault, le Collier (Saumur)
Arnaud Lambert, Brézé (Saumur)
Romain Guiberteau (Saumur)
Nicolas Reau (Anjou-Chinon)
Patrick Corbineau (Touraine-Chinon)
Fred Sigonneau, de l¹R (Chinon)
Jérôme Lenoir, cave des Roches (Chinon)
François Blanchard, le Grand Cléré (Touraine)
Gérard Marula (Touraine-Chinon)
Catherine et Pierre Breton (Bourgueil-Chinon)
Lise et Bertrand Jousset (Montlouis)
Sébastien Brunet (Vouvray)
Mathieu Cosme, Beaumont (Vouvray)
Frantz Saumon (Montlouis)
C. et D. Delecheneau, Grange Tiphaine (Montlouis)
Grégory Leclerc, Chahut et Prodiges (Touraine)
Noella Morantin (Touraine)
Pascal Simonutti, le Pré Noir (Touraine)
Brendan Tracey (Touraine)
Moses et Pascal Potaire, les Capriades (Touraine)
Aurélie et Jean-Luc Tessier (Touraine)
Cyrille Sevin (Cheverny)
Olivier  Lemasson, les Vins Contés (Touraine)
Christian Venier (Touraine)
Claudine, Claude et Etienne Courtois (Sologne)
Reynald Héaulé (Orléannais)
Noella et J-P Robinot, l¹Ange Vin (Jasnières)
Renaud Guettier, La Grapperie (Côteaux du Loir)
Alexandre Bain (Pouilly-Fumé)
Mathieu Coste (Côteaux du Giennois)
Jean Maupertuis (Côtes d¹Auvergne)
Géraldine et C Pialoux, Picatier (Côte Roannaise)


  

La Dive Bouteille (29th-30th January) and 8 years of blogging from San Francisco

Château de Brézé hosting La Dive Bouteille

Details here of how to get to and from Brézé by public transport.

Brézé's moat

Elsewhere in the Loire finally a few cold nights forecast for Epeigné-les-Bois with night-time temperatures dropping below freezing until it gets milder again on Wednesday. 

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Reflections on 8 Years of Wine Blogging by Alder Yarrow 

'Eight years ago, I decided that instead of giving my friends the same advice over and over again about my favorite wines and restaurants, I would start a blog -- both so that I would have someplace to send them, and so that I could learn about what a blog was and how it worked.

And that, as they say, was the first day of the rest of my life. I've been writing about wine almost every day since then, pausing only to go on my honeymoon, hang out with my new baby girl, and go fishing in Alaska this past August.

It's been quite a ride.'

Read the rest here:

Yves Lambert (Domaine St Just, Saumur) dies

Arnaud and Yves Lambert@2009 Salon des Vins de Loire

I was very sorry to get the news this evening that Yves Lambert, Domaine de Saint-Just (Saumur and Saumur-Champigny) died of cancer yesterday.

Sadly I'm not entirely surprised as I was shocked to see Yves at this year's Salon des Vins de Loire – he was very thin, gaunt and clearly unwell. Yves explained that he had had cancer but that it was stable and he was improving.

I will remember Yves both as a fine producer of Saumur and Saumur-Champigny at Domaine de Saint-Just and as a generous and intelligent man with great warmth and energy. He was in at the beginning of a new adventure with vineayrds of Château de Brèze, which he and Arnaud, his son, took over running in 2009.

Les Obsèques se tiendront lundi 4 juillet à 15h00 à l'église de Saint Cyr en Bourg (49260).

My sincere condolences to Yves' family.

Château de Brèze

See here for a report on a visit to Yves and Arnaud in June 2009.

Château de Brézé: two views

Château de Brézé and its vines: late June 2006

Château de Brézé and its vines: 5th November 2007

 
Trying to sort out photos to get them in some sort of order. Two photos of the vines of Château de Brézé, now looked after by Yves and Arnaud Lambert of Domaine Saint-Just. Similar view but contrasting seasons.

Château de Brézé and Les Lamberts

Chenin Blanc@Brézé

Adding to report here on visit to Domaine de Saint-Just