Before-time harvests, High alcohol contents… The effects of the climatic change are now being felt. In order to better understand the consequences of the climatic changes on the vines, a study has been carried out by agronomists, simulating an increase of temperature in the Aude region. The increase in the levels of CO2 in the … Continue reading Will the vines resist the planetary overheating?
For those who don’t know the Coravin system it is a utensil “made in the USA” invented a few months back, allowing for those wishing to drink a glass of vintage wine without opening the bottle. The system is designed as follows; a long and thin needle is inserted into the cork in order to … Continue reading Coravin, problems with its use
The Salon Champagne, an enthralling story and an exceptional vintage. At the beginning of the last century, Aimé Salon, native of the Champagne area, left for Paris searching to make fortune in the fur trade, finding that the champagne was of a rather dubious quality, he decide to make his own sparkling wine. Following the … Continue reading Champagne Salon
Today World Grands Crus wants to bring forward for your pleasure and discovery, a Champagne whose notoriety is far from the great names of the Champagne region but having a quality well above these. It’s for us a wonderful discovery that we want to share with all the amateurs of fine bubbles! Found at Avize, … Continue reading CHAMPAGNE FALLET-PRÉVOSTAT, BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU EXTRA BRUT, AVIZE
The French group LVMH, owners of Moët, Henessy and Louis Vuitton, directed by Bernard Arnault, has recently announced the acquisition of the Clos des Lambrays, a 21 acre Burgundy domain situated in the Côte-de-Nuits, at Morey-Saint-Denis. After Bordeaux and Champagne, the Burgundy region has fallen under the lustful eyes of large industrial firm leaders. In … Continue reading Acquisition of the Clos des Lambrays by the LVMH group
The poet is always right, when he announces the blossom and declares with Aragon, women are man’s future. That could well be the case in the near future the profession within the wine industry will be linked increasingly to women. Wine is not a priori woman’s universe nevertheless it’s not anymore an exclusively man’s universe. … Continue reading Wine by women
The Château d’Esclans domain is an exceptional site, extending itself on a hillside near to the Pennafort gorges in the Var region. The château is inspired from the grand villas of the Tuscany countryside; it was built in the middle of the nineteenth century and bought by Sacha Lichine in 2006. This wine producer of … Continue reading The Rose wines from the Château d’Esclans
In France the country of the foie gras “par excellence”, a good number of small producers have stopped force-feeding their geese hence halting the commercialisation of their foie gras. They now reserve them for a more restrained or family orientated consumption. Therefore you will not find in France the commercialisation of an “ethical” organic, force-fed … Continue reading The foie Gras without force-feeding
Whilst some announce sadly « for us its the taste », the wine lover will answer, « for us it’s the emotion ». Whatever the wine’s color, or terroir, region, or label, the emotion is always present. What would be the pleasure of tasting without the emotion? With wine all our senses are awakened. The first one to be … Continue reading A WINE MADE EMOTION
Where can one find « the Holy Grail » of wines in the world? Which is the wine by which, just the name is what dreams are made off? Which is the one with the most beautiful color, constituted by ever-changing shades and reflections all along its maturation process? Which is the one harboring a perfect limpidity … Continue reading SEARCHING FOR THE HOLY GRAIL IN FRANCE’S VINEYARDS