Millésime Bio: around the fair Tuesday and Wednesday.

Bruno Ciofi et Laura Seibel: Domaine de la Pinte in Arbois

Fab design@Vincent Caillé

Arnaud Bourgeois enjoying Millésime Bio!

Staying with Sancerre: Jean-Laurent Vacheron (Domaine Vacheron)

(above and below)

 

Fine shirt – so he probably makes good wine!

Romain Guiberteau: Domaine Guiberteau (Saumur)

Marie-Laurence Saladin (Domaine Saladin, Ardèche)

Laurent Charrier (Le Pas Saint Martin, Saumur and Anjou)

More details to follow in separate post

The new commercial director@ Le Pas Saint Martin! 

Guy Rochais, Château de Plaisance, Chaume, 
Quarts de Chaume and Savennières  

Guy is looking to pilot through a new AC from dry white from Chaume – naturally pure Chenin and to be called Les Coulées de Chaume, after the two stream that descend from Chaume into the Layon. Apparently the two Syndicats – Chaume and Quarts de Chaume – are in agreement. Whether their dossier, once it is complete, will find favour with the regional committee of the INAO we will have to see. 

Olivier (La Source de Ruault, Saumur-Champigny)

 

Guillaume de Conti, Tour de Gendres, Bergerac
 (above and below)

 

Wink Lorch celebrates successful fundraising for her Jura book

A bottle of 2004 Vin Jaune from Domaine de la Pinte with Wink Lorch@Terroirs

Wink Lorch held a small celebration yesterday afternoon in the Terroirs Wine Bar in London to mark the successful conclusion of fundraising for her Jura book. Using Kickstarter Wink raised £14,076 in pledges towards the cost of producing her book on the wines for the Jura.    

L-R: Céline Bouteiller, Jen MacDonald (Mandarin Communications - who are organising the first ever Jura tasting in London next month) and Alison Dillon (Dillon-Morrall) 

2007 Cuvée Prestige, Savagnin, Jean François Ganevat

Among the wines we tried was the delicately oxidised 2007 Savagnin from Jean François Ganevat. Here is Kermit Lynch's take on the Ganevat wines.

With the easy bit now over, the hard work of finishing the research and getting the words down now begins. The book is due out in April 2014.