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As the global spirits industry navigates a phase of inventory rebalancing, CHARLOIS announces significant new investments through OAKING, its integrated cask management platform

Organized since 2011 by Terre Sauvage magazineTerre Sauvage et l’Office national des Forêts,the Tree of the Year contestcelebrates trees across France for their aesthetic, biological, and historical significance, as well as the personal or communal connection between the nominees and their chosen trees. For the 10th edition, the 2021 Tree of the Ye [...]

The Dwarf Oak (Quercus pumila), Commonly known as running oak in English, the dwarf oak is a shrub belonging to the Fagaceae family. Its natural range is in the southeastern United States, including Alabama, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. The species was first described in 1788 by botanist Thomas Walter Flora Carolinia [...]

The Museum of Hunting and Nature offered Éva Jospin a free hand, which she seized admirably by taking over the various spaces of the Guénégaud and Mongelas mansions with her baroque and fascinating universes, very often linked to the forest, which is her favorite theme. This exhibition marks the tenth anniversary of the acquisition by […]

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The series of wood aromas in wines highlights the  molecules that oak confers on wines during maturation. The wine maturation is a technically very delicate stage. The work of the oenologist and the cooper must be precise in order to sublimate the profile of the wine. Indeed, the aromatic molecules added during the ageing in […]

The year 2021 marks the bicentenary of Gustave Flaubert’s birth. Hard worker, Flaubert compiled many notes to prepare the writing of his novels, with scientific rigour and in order to give the most accurate account of reality possible. Flaubert did not deviate from his thirst for rigour in the descriptions of flora that he gave […]

The CHARLOIS Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of the DOREAU group by its subsidiary OAK NATION.   Moët Hennessy, the Wines & Spirits branch of LVMH, will hold through Maison Hennessy, main client of the DOREAU group, a minority party of its capital.   The operation responds to Thierry Doreau’s desire to perpetuate […]

The Menetou-Salon vineyard is located in the Cher department, between Bourges and Sancerre, in a wine-growing region where the presence of vines has been attested since Antiquity. The first historical mentions date back to the 11th century. These are acts relating to donations of vines, in particular to the Clos de Davet, made to various […]

While metal is now the preferred material for barrel hoops, this has not always been the case. InOutres et tonneaux, Élise Marlière notes that the barrel likely originated during the Iron Age(8th century BCE/1stcentury CE.) alongside advancements in metal tools. Although metal hooping was mastered during this time, it remained uncommon and only bec [...]