July 1, 2011
Even though this is a personal blog, I don’t write about myself very much in it. The focus, naturally, is on French wine and winemakers. This will be an exception, however, as the first part of the month of June has been devoted to a viticulture (“vineyard”) internship for my French oenology studies. I’m doing [...]
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June 27, 2010
Astrid and Olivier Bonnafont work their Domaine Peyres Roses vineyard in Gaillac with missionary-serious bio zeal. No chemicals or artificial fertilizers are used on the vines or in their wines. A horse is used to cultivate the vineyard, and they’ve recently obtained a pump that sprays, using the action of its wheels being turned, the [...]
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