From the category archives:

Languedoc

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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Virgile Joly: a professor of wine who is
as comfortable in overalls as tweeds

July 11, 2011

With his somewhat unruly hair and corduroy jacket, it’s easy to imagine Virgile Joly as the science teacher that he almost became. If he hadn’t attended a university lecture about winemaking, making him decide to abandon his two years of studying to become a teacher and to switch to an oenology program, he might have [...]

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Maxime Magnon: La mise en bouteille in the suburbs

June 18, 2011

The Hautes Corbières, smack dab in the middle of the Languedoc and Roussillon regions that political convention have linked together as the Languedoc-Roussillon, is the wild west of French wine country. Incredibly tough terrain, windswept by the tramontane winds that come howling in from the northwest, this unspoiled country is really only good for two [...]

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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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