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Languedoc

Authentic winemaking 101: A natural work cycle

February 4, 2012

One of the requirements of my oenology studies in France is a three-month winemaking internship. I chose to do mine with Didier Barral, a Languedoc winemaker who I’ve written about several times before on this blog. With his cows roaming freely in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]

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Authentic winemaking 101: Burning stakes

January 23, 2012

One of the requirements of my oenology studies in France is a three-month winemaking internship. I chose to do mine with Didier Barral, a Languedoc winemaker who I’ve written about several times before on this blog. With his cows roaming freely in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]

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Going wild about salad in the Languedoc

December 17, 2011

“Would you like to pick some salad?,” my maître de stage, Didier Barral, asked me one afternoon late in my wine-making internship required for my French œnology diploma. We had just finished moving the 50-or-so semi-wild cows that he allows to graze in different parcels of his vineyard after the grapes are harvested. This twice-weekly [...]

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Authentic-winemaking 101: The sorting table

December 3, 2011

One of the requirements of my oenology studies in France is a three-month winemaking internship. I chose to do mine with Didier Barral, a Languedoc winemaker who I’ve written about several times before on this blog. With his cows roaming freely in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]

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Authentic-winemaking 101: The grape harvest

November 20, 2011

One of the requirements of my oenology studies in France is a three-month winemaking internship. I chose to do mine with Didier Barral, a Languedoc winemaker who I’ve written about several times before on this blog. With his cows roaming freely in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]

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