Oh wow, I forgot how much I love maps. I’ve been playing around in Google Maps and it’s really fun. Some of you might know that I’m working on a book about the AOC Cabardes and the wines north of Carcassonne. And so I’ve built a big directory and I’m defining certain climactic zones. Blah [...]
Tags: aoc, aop, cabardes, cabardes wine, google earth, google map, introduction to cabardes, map, terroir, vine maps, vineyard map, wine mapThe winemakers of the Cabardes all got together recently for a dinner in the events room at Chateau Pennautier, often billed as the Versailles of the Languedoc. It wasn’t the Hall of Mirrors, but it was very cozy and the food was delicious. Naturally, we all brought wine along, so we drank well too. One [...]
Tags: aoc, aop, cabardes, chateau pennautier, civl, communications, grands crus du languedoc, grands crus languedoc, grands vins du languedoc, grands vins languedoc, marketing, nicolas de lorgeril, odg, olivier ferraud, pennautier, versailles du languedocWhat do all these letters mean? I recently wrote about Lilian Bauchet getting controlled. Those of you who read French, check out Lilian’s whole post as he does a good job of explaining the rather convoluted delineation between the various organizations in the alphabet soup that legislates our vineyards. ODG, INAO, CIBAS, ETC. For [...]
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