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Across France much of the landscape and many small villages have stirred into frenetic activity with the start of the annual grape harvest – some areas have been busy for weeks already, whilst others may not start until later in September or even later if they are very high or concentrating on late-harvest (vendanges tardives) ………Continue reading Wine grape harvest underway in Alsace [ November 21, 2008 to November 23, 2008. ] [caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Domaine le Fort"][/caption] For the first time this November there will be a French Wine Growers Fair in London (21-23 November 2008 at the Barbican). The Salons des Vignerons Independents (Independent Winemakers Fairs) are well established in France and we usually try to get to one of the fairs in Lille, Strasbourg ………Continue reading France comes to London – French Wine Growers Fair [ April 24, 2008 to April 27, 2008. ] Amongst the wealth of good organic produce at the London Real Food Festival (24-27 April 08) several French wine producers will be in attendance offering tastings of their organic wines. Les ………Continue reading French Vineyards at the Real Food Festival A highlight of the wine year has to be Yapp’s pre-Christmas sale which runs on 23 and 24 November 2007 (9am-5pm) at their delightful premises in Mere, Wiltshire. The setting is the Old Brewery and the range of wines on their list is an impressive choice of some of the best and most interesting growers ………Continue reading Yapp’s Wine Sale This is a critical time in the winemaker’s year, and the only time when the vineyards and cellars seem really busy – choosing when to pick is such an important decision – too early and the grapes may not have reached optimum maturity – too late and the weather ………Continue reading Follow the grape harvest in Alsace This photo of a section of the Alsace wine route, taken just a few days ago really raised my spirits in what has been an English summer which can only be described in the range of “disappointing” to “disastrous”. Amid reports and experience of a very damp June in France and late ripening in the ………Continue reading The Alsace Wine Route |
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