Harvest 2014 is coming to an end. We are very fortunate not to have been hit by any of the hail or severe thunderstorms that occurred during this growing season. Looks like another promising year!
Starting the days at 4:00 to get our grapes in at cooler temperatures.
Hard work! but of course the fun continued with our guests!
Delicious Food & fine Wine continued to be served during the long harvest weeks!
Don’t worry we had an extra help force….
O’Vineyards main activity is making and selling wine. In a region where wine can be found in abundance, we are fortunate to be able to attract a high number of adventurous epicurean world travelers because of the good wine we serve generously to accommodate the fine food we provide.
Nothing is irrelevant to a wine enthusiast who likes to tour a winery/vineyard: the vines, the pruning, the harvesting, the winemaking process. We show our equipment and explain each step.
A thorough tour requires time and energy, and our international visitors evidently appreciate our efforts. And we thank them all. Cheers!
The Oenovideo film festival chose the Medieval Cite of Carcassonne and the Hotel de la Cite to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
The OenoVideo Festival was hosted by the Syndicat du Cru Minervois in the heart of it’s vineyards and in the walls of Carcassonne from 30 May to 2 June 2013. Oenovidéo found one of the best possible places to stage its international scope. For twenty years, Oenovidéo international showed that it is possible to unite the seventh art and wine.
It was four long days for the Grand Jury but the Minervois region treated the Jurors to many excursions hi-lighting the beauty of the Carcassonne area.
The Festival started by a meet and greet luncheon for the members of the jury at the restaurant Saskia. and that was only the beginning!
The gala was held at La Barbacane, the Hotel de la Cité Michelin starred restaurant located in the Midieval Cite of Carcassonne.
Grand Jury Président
Christophe Barratier. Director – Writer – French Producer
Grand Jury Members
Fabrizio Bucella. Doctor of Science University of Brussels. Sommelier – Columnist
Corinne Destombes. Executive Producer – Studios Folimage
Pascal Frissant. Winemaker – Château Coupe-Roses
Daniel Hernandez. CNRS physicist. writer
Patrick Masbatin. Master Sommelier – film Buff
Bernard Nauer. Fiction and documentary filmmaker
Joe O’Connell. Vineyard owner-winemaker. Historian, University of Massachusetts. Domain O’Vineyards, Carcassonne
Marc Olivier. Journalist – Journalist – Honorary Director ANEV
awards from the Festival Grand Jury chaired by Christophe Barratier
Pelican's watch. Greece.
Lea Binzer production. Red Obsession Australia.
David Roach et Warwick production
À la poursuite de Mme Li France.
Anne-Marie Avouac production. Vendanges d'hiver France.
Guilhem Connac production. Boom Varietal - The rise of Argentine Malbec USA.
Sky Pinnick production Le vin, culture universelle Spain.
Jorge Mazo production Do Rias Baixas - A year of wine. Spain.
Ramses Rivera production La vente en primeur des vins grands crus classés bordelais. France. Production
Hervé Remaud, Mylène Jaillette, Christophe Villain.Special Mention
Like the old vine. Croatia.
Milka Barisic procductionAudience Award
A year in Burgundy. USA.
David Kennard production. Lafleur. Germany.
Mathieu Charrière production. Do Rias Baixas - A year of wine Spain.
Ramses Rivera production Le vin, culture universelle Spain.
Jorge Mazo production UJVR, Union des jeunes viticulteurs récoltants France
Florent et rémy Gaillard production Zucco, le vin du fils du Roi des Français Italy.
Lidia Rizzo production No wine left behind USA.
Kevin Gordon production