BKWine TV: [E] Montirius - #1 - a biodynamic wine grower, the story

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Christine Saurel of Domaine Montirius vineyards.

Domaine Montirius is located in the southern Rhone valley, in Gigondas and in Vacqueyras. The winery is owned and run by Christine and Eric Saurel, a young couple who have moved the vineyards to biodynamic culture. It is 58 hectares. They have a fascinating story to tell - moving from traditional farming to organic to biodynamic; choosing to leave a long time relationship with the cooperative and start out as an independent winegrower…

Christine tells the story of how Montirius came to work with first organic farming and then the biodynamic principles (based on Rudolf Steiner's theories) and explains some of the things it means: how you do it what kind of treatments you do, what difference it makes etc.

Part 1:
Working with "traditional" methods with chemical sprays and deciding to change to organic wine growing.

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BKWine Brief nr 65, December 2008

This time of the year is relatively calm and quiet in the wine cellar. The fermentation is mostly finished. Where the action is at this time of the year is in the vineyards. It is the period for cutting back the branches – la taille. Much of it is still done by hand. Depending on what kind of training system is used, some can be done with machine, the so called pré-taille. Virtually all of the branches are removed so the vineyards look very empty and barren in this season. Just long rows of black stumps sticking up from the ground. The pruning can start just after the leaves have fallen off in the autumn but often it is done later, sometimes much later. Doing the pruning very late makes the budding come later which can be good if you are in a place where there’s a risk of frost. But you have to do it before the sap starts to rise though. And since it can take quite a while to do it all the vigneron has his work cut out during the whole of the winter season.

But let’s get back to the couch, or perhaps the reading chair in front of the computer. I heard the other day that the average Frenchman spends 3h27 watching television each day. Sounds a lot but it was the number mentioned. And that today he spends 3h50 watching video clips on the internet. Per month. Does not sound much but it still means that internet video (YouTube, Metacafe, DailyMotion etc) has clawed an entire day’s watching from the television. We don’t mind if that number goes up even more, if only a bit of it is spent on watching our wine videos on BKWine TV (beta). We have over 60 clips with interviews with winemakers, reportage from vineyards and other wine stuff. Since the last Brief we have added ten clips – on Greece, Bordeaux and the Roussillon. You can watch the BKWine TV wine videos here: www.youtube.com/bkwine, and get a bit more background information to the wine video clips here: www.bkwine.com/vininformation/bkwinetv-wine-videos.htm

This month we also have some extra reading for you. Not only here in the Brief (unusually long, apologies if you like your information short…). In addition to that we have some added reading for you on our guest writers' page: www.bkwine.com/vininformation/guest-writers.htm. For the moment there’s one new article on Sardinian wines and more will be posted in the coming days. Keep checking the page. Did you know we have almost 50 articles from our Guest Writers for you to read there?

In this Brief we give you some Christmas gift suggestions: some sexy things and some things to hang on your wall. And to keep you going over the festive season maybe you should try some of the turbo-charged wine we write about.

And if you need some more inspiration for Christmas, you can always give a gift voucher (to someone else or to yourself) for one of our wine tours. Or if you really want to splash out, you can ask us to make an entirely custom made and custom designed wine tour for you, your wine friend, for your company executive team, to go hunting for suppliers (if you’re a wine importer looking for good producers – we have quite a few to suggest), or…

Britt

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Book Review: The Wine Trials – A fearless Critic Book

The Wine Trials – A fearless Critic Book
By: Robin Goldstein
Fearless Critic Media

The sub-title of this American book is “Brown-bag blind tastings reveal the surprising wine values under $15”. The message in the book is that you don’t need to spend a lot of money on the wines you buy because if you tast them blind you will not think a more expensive wine is any better than a cheap wine. The author bases his views on a series of blind tastings (with bottles presented in brown paper bags, hence the title) that he has made all over the US, including both experienced wine tasters and “the man in the street”. Half of the book is dedicated to presenting 100 wines under $15 that beat the $50 to $150 wines in the blind tastings. Robin Goldstein means that it’s time to start trusting one’s own taste and not be more concerned with prestige or with what others think. Interesting in many ways even if some of his conclusions are odd. But yes, the basic message is right – trust your own taste and not someone else’s.

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Book review: La Vigne Assassinée – l’Avenir du Vin

La Vigne Assassinée – l’Avenir du Vin
By: Christian R. Saint-Roche
CIDE
ISBN 2-9525036-1-3

The title reads ”the assassinated vine” but it’s not a crime novel even if it is a thriller of sorts. How can the French wine industry get out of the current crisis? One of the questions Christian St-Roche raises is why in France it only negative aspects of wine that get voiced. What has happened with wine as a foodstuff, he asks. How can the anti-wine lobby have grown so strong? Why are the good-for-the-health aspects of wine never mentioned? Why have so many French people stopped drinking wine? (37% never drink wine and the proportion who drink wine with dinner has fallen dramatically.) But he also writes about the importance of terroir wines, about the good and bad points of the appellation system, and about how one could make the young generation at least occasionally abandon MacDonald’s and Coca-cola and instead learn to enjoy the more slow-moving pleasures of drinking a good wine with a good dinner.

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- A visit to the winery Domaine Olivier Pithon that Olivier founded in 2001. He originally comes from the Layon region in the Loire Valley but settled in Roussillon to make wine.

He came to the Calce village to taste the wines of Gerard Gauby, one of the leaders in new French winemaking. He tasted, and then he stayed.

Olivier tries to make very personal wines – with a lot of freshness, acidity, and elegance.

He makes white wines using the traditional grape varieties macabeu, grenache blanc and grenache gris. His reds are made with grenache noir, carignan, and a bit of syrah and mourvedre. In this village one can still find vines planted just after the Phylloxera, about one hundred years old!

There is a small group of hard core winemakers with similar philosophies in Calce: Pithon, Matassa, Gauby, Padie,...

Pithon explains how he works with bio-dynamism (which in some ways can be seen as an extreme form of organic vine growing) and what role the plants and herbs play in the biodynamic winegrowing. Biodynamism was created some hundred years ago by Rudolf Steiner in Germany and not all is necessarily applicable in the Roussillon...

The language is French [F]

[F] Entretien avec le vigneron Olivier Pithon, proprietaire du Domaine Olivier Pithon, une propriete dans le vignoble Roussillonais, une region viticole dans le le sud de la France connu pour ses vins puissants et originels.

http://www.domaineolivierpithon.com

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Book Review: Grand atlas des vignobles de France

Grand atlas des vignobles de France
By: Benoît France (ed)
Solar France, 54 eur, ISBN 978-2263046605

This is a rather unique book. Even if the title says “atlas” it’s not your average map book. Instead it focuses on and goes into detail on soil and soil types in virtually all French appellations and illustrates it with 184 colourful maps. If you want better to understand soils, geology, and terroir in France then this is a book for you (provided you read French). But the book also covers in depth, with descriptive texts, all French appellations, including their characteristics, grape varieties, climate, history etc. Even the most remote and obscure appellations can be found. You can find the most amazing details and titbits. Did you know, for instance, that the now trendy grape petit verdot only coveres 0.4% of Bordeaux (which is still much more than carmenère that only has 0.1%)? The presentation is not always easily digested: lots of dense text and detailed maps. And you can excuse the somewhat chauvinistic introduction (“French wines are best” – not any worse than what you hear in many other instances from other countries) and its conviction that the appellation system is the answer to today’s wine industry woes (it’s just as often an obstacle to making and selling good wines). The book contains such a wealth of detailed information that it will be a valued addition to any serious (French speaking) wine lover’s book shelf.

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BKWine TV: [E] Domaine Piquemal, glimpses from a vineyard in Roussillon

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- A few glimpses from the Domaine Piquemal. The Domaine Piquemal winery is located in Espira de l Agly, in the Agly valley, in Roussillon in the south of France.

It is a family vineyard that is today run by the brother-sister team Marie-Pierre and Franck Piquemal.

We're tasting different wines in their tasting room: Cuvee Justin Piquemal with the appellation Cote de Roussillon. It is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, grenache and mourvedre. It is unoaked and made in a fresh and fruity style. Then we taste a more traditional southern French wine, Cuvee des Terres Grillees, coming from a patch of soil that is very dark, almost black, which is the reason behind the name (that means burned soil). This wine is a bit more complex and is a Cote de Roussillon Villages appellation.

We also make a short excursion out into the vineyard to look at the Burned Soil, a vineyard that makes for very early ripening grapes.

http://www.domaine-piquemal.com/

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Book review: The Wines of Burgundy

The Wines of Burgundy
By: Clive Coates
University of California Press, £35, ISBN 978-0520250505

This is a massive book: 1872 grams and 878 pages. There are books that you simply cannot avoid. This is one. If you are looking for a book about Burgundy you simply have to consider this one. Partially because in spite of La Bourgogne being one of the world’s premiere wine regions there are relatively few good books on the area. But this is one. Few writes know Burgundy as well as Clive Coates does. Since a few years back he is even living amongst the vines in his favourite wine district. The book follows a classic format: In the introduction Coates explains a bit about how Burgundy works growers, negociants etc) and gives a (brief) introduction to how wine is made in Burgundy, both traditionally and with newer trends. Then follow chapters on all the communes with details on the history, the soil, and, importantly with (brief) profiles of the growers. The second part of the book (filling almost two thirds of the pages) is a review of vintages from 2006 back to 1959 with an avalanche of detailed tasting notes. The book is a thoroughly revised version of his previous book “The Côte d’Or”. The previous version had a bit more focus on the growers and (somewhat) less on tasting notes. We would have preferred that Coates kept more of a focus on the growers, and perhaps even expanded those descriptions compared to the previous edition, rather than having some 500 pages with tasting notes (who can stomach that?). But in spite of this slight criticism, this is an important book for any serious Burgundy enthusiast!

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Book review: Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course

Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course
By: Andrew Jefford
Photo: William Lingwood & Alan Williams, et al
Ryland, Peters & Small, £19.99, ISBN 978-1845977238

This is an introduction to wine and wine tasting. Andrew Jefford accompanies the reader through a series of “projects” where each is focused on learning something about wine. You can start with Project #1 “how to taste wine” and then go through the book to learn (a bit) about winemaking, about grape varieties and about the world’s major wine districts. Each section also contains some practical exercises to make the whole even more enjoyable. The book is elegantly produced with overall a very good photo material (and Jefford seems to have enjoyed the tasting shoots with his three beautiful co-tasters). The text is well written and easy to follow, not going very much in detail of course. In other words, it’s an excellent introduction to wine and wine tasting that can be followed up later (in the Christmas present sack for instance) with one more book with more details on wine regions and wine producers.

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BKWine TV: [E] Domaine Matassa, interview with Tom Lubbe, Roussillon

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Tom Lubbe, the owner and winemaker at Domaine Matassa in Calce in Roussillon. It is a relatively new winery in the Roussillon in the south of France that Tom Lubbe created some years ago (in 2002) together with Sam Harrop from New Zealand. Lubbe has previously been making wine both in South Africa and in Bordeaux and arrived some years back to the Roussillon to work with Domaine Gauby with Gerard Gauby (also in Calces).

The vineyard is managed with biodynamic principles (just like Gauby). Lubbe makes both red and white wine from traditional Roussillon grape varieties: carignan and grenache and some mourvedre.

http://www.matassawines.com/

(John Radford, interviewing Thomas in the video, is a freelance feature-writer (since 1981) and broadcaster (since 1989) with a special interest in the Mediterranean, particularly Spain, and a background in food and drink going back to 1966. For more on John Radford: see http://www.johnradford.com for latest news and read his blog at http://www.johnradford.com/blog/blogg...

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Book review: Japanese Whisky – Facts, figures and taste

Japanese Whisky – Facts, figures and taste
By: Ulf Buxrud
Publisher: DataAnalysis Scandinavia AB, http://www.buxrud.se/japan.htm

Ulf Buxrud is a great connoisseur of whisky. He has previously written a book about single malts from Scotland. This is his second book and in it he explores the world of Japanese whisky. Contrary to many other spirits (and wines), whisky is not a protected denomination of origin. So Japan is both a great consumer and producer of whisky. The major part of the book contains producer profiles with both history, tasting notes and even some tourism tips for the potential visitor – a good idea! The first part of the book gives you an introduction to whisky in Japan, including how it first came to this country as well as a chapter on how whisky is made (with some interesting Japanese specialities). It is a big format book (too big for our book shelf!) and the design is elegant. Just a pity that the photos generally are dull and poor (and some are even mounted the wrong way). In spite of that, this is definitely a book to be slowly consumed by any adventurous whisky enthusiast who ventures beyond Scotland.

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BKWine TV: [F] Chateau Lestage, Caroline Chanfreau-Philippon interview

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Caroline Chanfreau-Philippon, owner of Chateau Lestage together with her brother Jean Chanfreau, who is the winemaker.

The vineyard and winery of Ch Lestage is located in Listrac in Medoc, Bordeaux. The chateau is one of those that have been classified as Cru Bourgeois.

She explains first where Listrac is situated. Not far from Moulis that is between Saint Julien and Margaux. It covers only 670 hectares and is one of the highest (in altitude) of the Medoc appellations with its 43 (!) meters.

She tastes the 2005 of Chateau Lestage– a great and exceptional vintage in Bordeaux. And she also comments specifically on the wines from the new 2007 vintage.

The first grapes to be harvested are the merlots and the last are the cabernets. Part of the harvest is manual and part is made by harvesting machine. They use quite long macerations. As virtually all modern vineries they use temperature controlled fermentation tanks.

Entretien avec le vigneron (vigneronne) Caroline Chanfreau-Philippon, proprietaire du domaine Cheteau Lestage.
Une propriete dans le vignoble de Listrac en Medoc, une region viticole dans le Bordelais en Aquitaine connu pour ses vins elegants et classiques.

http://www.chateau-lestage.com/

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The Paris wine shop Lavinia grows with 19%

Lavinia is one of Paris’ most interesting (but perhaps not cheapest) wine shops, located centrally on Bd Madeleine. They have an impressively large selection counting some 6500 references. They also have a restaurant (with the wines at shop prices) and a wine accessory shop. Lavinia France ended the year 07/08 with the turnover up by 19%, reaching sales of 13.5 M euro. Exports and internet sales are the sectors that have seen the most buoyant growth. Lavinia France is part of the Lavinia Group with a turnover of 35 M euro, selling 1.5 M bottles, with 250 000 customers world wide. www.winealley.com

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BKWine TV: [E] Domaine Boucabeille interview

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Jean Boucabeille, the owner and winemaker at Domaine Boucabeille in Roussillon. It is a family property in the Roussillon in the south of France. In this video it is the new generation winemaker in the family who talks.

The vineyard comprises some 20 hectares and makes primarily red wine of the appellation Cotes du Roussillon Villages and some sweet Rivesaltes. The winery and vineyard was created from scratch on barren land in the 70s on old fashioned terraces. They grow mainly Grenache noir, carignan, mourvedre and syrah, and a bit macabeu and Grenache blanc. The soil is mainly schist (slate).

Language is English [E]

Entretien avec le vigneron M. Boucabeille, proprietaire du Domaine Boucabeille.

Une propriete dans le vignoble roussillonnais, une region viticole dans le sud de la France connu pour ses vin rouge tres savoureux.

http://www.boucabeille.com

(John Radford, interviewing Jean in the video, is a freelance feature-writer (since 1981) and broadcaster (since 1989) with a special interest in the Mediterranean, particularly Spain, and a background in food and drink going back to 1966. For more on John Radford:
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New edition of Parker’s wine bible, the Buyer’s Guide

Robert Parker, the world’s pre-eminent wine guru according to many buyers, have recently published a new edition of his main book: 'Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No. 7' (yes, it’s the seventh edition). In this new edition it is not only Parker who writes. He has enlisted a team of co-writers for the comments and tasting notes. Parker himself writes about Bordeaux, California and the Rhône Valley. The rest of the book is shared thus: : Neal Martin - New Zealand & South America; Mark Squires – Portugal & Israel; Antonio Galloni – Italy; Jay Miller - Australia, Chile, Argentina, Spain, Oregon, Washington & Port wine; David Schildknecht - Alsace, Beaujolais, Burgundy, the Loire Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, Austria, Germany & Central Europe. In other words, Parker is behind only a minority of the text in the book. One can wonder if this “dilution” of Parker’s own writing will have an effect over time on the influence that the Parker Guides have on the international wine market. More info www.latimes.com

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BKWine TV: Chateau Bellefont-Belcier, a visual visit

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- A virtual visual visit to Chateau Bellefont Belcier, Saint Emilion Grand Cru Class?, in Bordeaux.

Bellefont Belcier is located on the lower part of the appellation (below the village itself) and to the east. It is in total 20 hectares. The grape varieties used are merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. The wine is made by Dominique Hebrard and Emanuel de Saint Salvy with the help of two consultant oenologists: Michel Rolland and Gilles Pauquet.

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Wine gadgets for Christmas?

What about a pair of ear-rings in the shape of grape bunches? Or a cocktail table with legs made from old vines? Or a tshirt with the text “I’ll trade my husband for wine”? Or keeping to the more down to earth things, decanters, glasses and many other kind of (potential) gift items. Lots of inspiration can be found here: www.sterlingwineonline.com

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BKWine TV: [F] Ch Fourcas-Hosten, Renaud Momméja interview

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Renaud Momméja, owner since 2006 of Chateau Fourcas-Hosten, together with his brother Laurent Momméja. (The Momméjas are one of the principal owners of Hermès, the French fashion and luxury goods group.)

Ch Fourcas-Hosten is located in Listrac in Médoc, Bordeaux. The chateau is one of those that have been classified as Cru Bourgeois.

Its a property of 20 ha with merlot on clay-limestone (argilo-calcaire), and 27 hectares on sand and gravel (graves) for cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.

After 18 months of ownership he Renaud Mommeja shares with us the experiences as a « recent » winemaker.

Three vintages tasted and discussed: 2007 in primeur, a very interesting vintage with a cold summer but excellent harvest season; 2006 has just come out of its aging; 2005 a finished wine and outstanding vintage, balance, fruit, length, an almost perfect vintage.

Language is French [F].

[F] Entretien avec le vigneron Renaud Momméja, le propriétaire du Chateau Fourcas-Hosten à Bordeaux.

http://www.chateaufourcashosten.com/

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Wine Fairs

French Wine Growers’ Fair in London 21-23 November

130 ”authentic” and “traditional” French winegrowers will exhibit on the First French Winegrowers Fair in London on November 21-23. It takes place at the Barbican Exhibition Centre in central London. You pay a small entrance fee (£10) and then you can taste as much as you like of the more than 500 wines that are presented. There will also be tastings, a special section on organic wines and on French wines made by Brits and more. You can also buy wines on-site (trolleys are provided) or have them delivered to your home. Sounds like an entertaining event. Especially the authentic winegrower! www.frenchwinegrowersfair.com

Millesime Bio – organic wine fair, 26-28 January

Millesime bio is the annual wine faire dedicated to organic wines (need we add once again that it should be read “wine produced from organically grown grapes”. There are no such thing, strictly speaking, as “organic wine”). The next edition (the 16th!) takes place on January 26-28, 2009. This time it will be in Montpellier, making it easier to access for long distance visitors. Perhaps they are also expecting larger crowds ‘organic’ being much the rage these days. www.millesime-bio.com

WineMeetings Cannes in February

A little while ago we talked about the WineMeetings Cannes event. It is a meeting place for buyers and negociants. Their new web site is now online: www.winemeetings-cannes.fr

Provence and Rhône wine fair, Blue Wine Expo.

Blue Wine Expo is a professional wine fair that presents 120 independent winegrowers (‘vignerons indépendants’) to buyers, importers and the restaurant trade. A good occasion to make new contacts with winemakers from Provence and the southern Rhône valley. In Marseille on January 26-27. More info www.bleuwinexpo.com

VinExpo Asia-Pacific: May 25-27, 2010

The next Asian edition of the big (huge) wine fair VinExpo has been scheduled for May 25-27, 2010. It will take place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. More info: www.vinexpo.com

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BKWine TV: [F] Ch Fourcas-Dupré, Patrice Pagès

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Patice Pagès, owner of Château Fourcas Dupré in Listrac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France.

It is a family owned winery that his father bought in 1970. The French chateau is one of those that have been classified as Cru Bourgeois claret.
47 hectares of vines.

2007: an outstandingly charming vintage. Very elegant.
2006: a completely different vintage. A much more classic vintage. More structured and more tannin.
2005: Now in bottle since a few months. A great vintage, that almost approaches a definition of what wine should be, almost a perfect wine. Justifiably hailed as a great vintage by the markets.

M. Pagès aims to always do a bit better. There is always something that can be improved.

The key for a great wine is to harvest great grapes. And what are great grapes? Well, it is ripe grapes.

Language is French [F].

[F] Entretien avec le vigneron Patrice Pagès, le propriétaire du Chateau Fourcas-Dupré à Bordeaux.

http://www.fourcasdupre.com/

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