Images of Massif d’Uchaux
January 24, 2020
Eric Plumet of Domaine la Cabotte Domaine la Cabotte Biodynamic water dynamiser at Domaine la Cabotte Sandstone and limestone soils towards the north of Massif d'Uchaux Pebbly sand and clay lower slopes towards the south of Massif d'Uchaux Jérôme Hue of Domaine La Mas de Casalas Robert (l) and Paul (r) Charavin of Domaine des Coteaux des…
Images of Saint-Maurice
January 17, 2020
One of the few things the village of Saint-Maurice has in common with Hollywood Stony hills and valleys of Saint-Maurice Philippe Viret of Domaine Viret Spherical planting at Domaine Viret Amphorae and porcelain spheres used as fermenting vessels at Domaine Viret Thibaud Chaume of Domaine Chaume-Arnaud (l) and Adrien Fabre of Domaine la Florane (r)…
Images of Roaix
January 10, 2020
Frosty morning in Roaix Looking east over the village of Roaix to the Baronnies beyond Pebbly red and yellow clays of Roaix Damien Chave of Domaine du Bramadou at the top of the Ventabren massif, very pebbly soils Franck Molénat, president of Cave co-operative Les Vignerons de Roaix Séguret Elodie Balme of Domaine Elodie Balme Pebbly clay…
Images of Grignan-les-Adhémar
January 3, 2020
Château Bizard The grounds of Château Bizard Tanks and barrels in Château Bizard Grignan-les-Adhémar vineyards with the Lafarge concrete works in the background Garrigues vineyards in the northern part of the appellation Henri Bour of Domaine de Grangeneuve, previous president of the appellation Grignan-les-Adhémar Mélina Monteillet of…
Images of Saint-Gervais
December 27, 2019
Claire Clavel of Domaine Clavel, one of the few private estates bottling wine in AOC Saint-Gervais Frédéric Sablayrolles, Director of Production at Celliers des Chartreux on the Soleillan plateau in Saint-Gervais. They bought the local cave co-operative in 2015 and now make one white and one red AOC Saint-Gervais. Limestone soils of the Soleillan plateau, the smaller of…
Images of Suze-la-Rousse
December 20, 2019
The village of Suze-la-Rousse, Mont Ventoux in the background The Château of Suze-la-Rousse, which now houses the Université du Vin Flat, stony garrigues terroir of Suze-la-Rousse Ann Vermeersch of LePlan-Vermeersch Vincent Boyer of Domaine la Bastide and president of the appellation Suze-la-Rousse Outcrops of sand at the north of the appellation…
Images of Saint-Andéol
December 13, 2019
Philippe Faure, President of AOC Saint-Andéol, in vineyards overlooking one of its four communes, Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche Most of the soil in the appellation consists of galets roulés on hillsides. The winery with the cylindrical tower in the background is Domaine Saladin Roland Terrasse of Château Rochecolombe There is a small zone of clay limestone soil in AOC…
Images of Rousset-les-Vignes and Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes
December 6, 2019
The little village of Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes The massif de la Lance, marking the limit of the Côtes-du-Rhône growing area Jean-François Julian (l), president of the Cave Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes, and Philippe Barral (r) a member of the cave Philippe's vineyard, 400m up in the clay limestone hillsides of Saint-Pantaléon, with the Lance massif in cloud ……
Images of Duché d’Uzès
November 29, 2019
Eastern part of the appellation, near the town of Uzès Typical limestone soils Patrick Chabrier of Domaine Chabrier Michel Souchon, president of AOC Duché d'Uzès and president of Cave Durfort Luc Reynaud of Domaine Reynaud Western part of the appellation, approaching the Cevennes mountains Nicolas Souchon of Mas des Volques Nicolas…
Images of Costières de Nîmes and Clairette de Bellegarde
November 22, 2019
Classic Costières de Nîmes galets roulés soils Cyril Marès of Mas Carlot and Mas de Bressades shows off a big one! The Abbatiale Saint-Gilles du Gard in the town of Saint-Gilles Anne and François Collard of Château Mourgues du Grès Clairette rose from a book by H. Marès (an ancestor of Cyril Marès) written in 1890 Bruno Manzone of Domaine Manzone,…