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Faugères

Authentic-winemaking 101: Tank preparation

November 13, 2011

One of the requirements of my œnology 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 about in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]

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The Knights of the Overladen Table

July 20, 2011

I recently became…a Knight. A Knight of the Commanderie of Faugères, that is. Readers of this blog will recognize the name of Faugères, a Languedoc wine appellation just north of Béziers. I’ve already published several articles about Faugères wine and winemakers on The Vine Route blog, having been introduced to this area by a friend [...]

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Being crazy or impertinent isn’t a failing when making wine:
Château des Estanilles changes direction, its terroir doesn’t

June 5, 2011

I first wrote about the Château des Estanilles in May 2009 when Michel Louison owned the 35-ha domaine. Louison had purchased the property in the mid-1970s, attracted to the Faugères appellation by the wild landscape and the homogeneous, slightly acidic schist that can produce wines of striking freshness, with plenty of fruit and peppery flavors, [...]

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Domaine Sarabande: A ‘Flying Winemaker’
from Down Under lands in Faugères

May 27, 2010

A vineyard named after a somewhat risqué dance from 16th-century Spain that reappeared two centuries later as a stately court dance is the latest stop on The Vine Route. The Sarabande, a triple-time dance with the accent on the second beat, was originally danced by a double line of couples accompanied by castanets and tambourines. [...]

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Faugères flamboyant: Domaine de Cébène
turns northward to make unique southern wines

May 21, 2010

The two adjacent Languedoc wine appellations of Faugères and St Chinian are similar in size, grape varieties, soil types and styles of wine. Both appellations were even created in the same year–1982. But Faugères has long lived in the shadow of St Chinian; mostly because of the greater notoriety of several St Chinian winemakers. That [...]

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