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ICT for sustainable development
According to ADEME, even if it is “directly and indirectly energy-using and emitter of polluting gases, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector constitutes an important motor for progress in terms of a reduction of polluting emissions and in terms of an energy consumption control”. A study carried out in 2016 within the French adm [...]
03 February 2020
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CHARLOIS strengthens OAKING to offer global distillers a complete cask management platform
As the global spirits industry navigates a phase of inventory rebalancing, CHARLOIS announces significant new investments through OAKING, its integrated cask management platform
16 June 2026
2 min.
Pascal Oudet, revelator of material
Pascal Oudet is a wood artist working and living near Grenoble in the French Alps. By working on carefully selected oaks, he creates on the lathe very thin pieces he sandblasts up to transparency, creating a real lace out of wood which emphasizes all the history of the trees he’s working with. This unique […]
31 January 2020
1 min.
January in the cellar
“Vineyard and cellar – 1910” is a series of articles that we present to you throughout the year 2020, month by month. The articles are taken from the 1910 “Wine Trade Directory” and describe the various works necessary for the grapes and wine production at the beginning of the 20th century. January in […]
28 January 2020
3 min.
A 2nd Santé Magazine Award for La Chênaie
For the second time*, La Chênaie has the great pleasure to receive the Beauté Santé Prize awarded by Santé Magazine. The WATER GEL of the Pétrasève range is this time awarded in the Face Care category by a jury of experts made up of independent dermatologists and scientists. Based on 5 evaluation criteria: innovation, safety, […]
24 January 2020
2 min.
French Tree of the Year 2019
The jury* announced yesterday the names of the 3 winners of the French Tree of the Year. The Jury Prize was awarded to the “Chêne (oak) de Tombebœuf” (Lot-et-Garonne) and the Public Prize to the “Hêtre (beech) de Saint-Jammes à Sorèze” (Tarn). The “Platane (plane tree) of Augy” (Yonne) was awarded the Prize Special mention […]
23 January 2020
1 min.
Agroforestry or the renewal of an ancestral tradition
Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. This intentional combination of agriculture and forestry has varied benefits, including increased biodiversity and reduced erosion. This land use mangement is attested since the Antiquity in viticulture as we can read it in Pliny’ [...]
17 January 2020
1 min.
January in the vineyard
“Vineyard and cellar works – 1910” is a serie of articles that will be presented to you throughout the year 2020, month by month. The articles are taken from the « 1910 Wine Trade Directory » and describe the various works necessary for the grapes and wine production at the begining of the 20th century. […]
17 January 2020
2 min.
Eugène Charlois
120 years ago, on 11 January 1900, was born Eugène Charlois at his parents’ home in the municipality of Chaulgnes. On 10 July 1926, he married Marie Poncelet with whom he had three children (Roger, Gisèle and Denis). This marriage, celebrated in Murlin, is the first dating event connecting Eugène Charlois to the municipality of […]
11 January 2020
1 min.
Charlois group wishes you all the best for this new year 2020
The exchange of vows and gifts on the occasion of the New Year (on a date varying according to the periods and to the regions) is a century-old tradition. Indeed, pictures of those traditions have been discovered on ancient Egyptian papyri and on Roman objects from daily life as oil lamp. In the West, […]
09 January 2020
1 min.
Aurélie Hardy, Head of the Exact Laboratory in Murlin, as told by Stéphane Ebel
The Alliance of Chemistry and Wine Don’t ever tell her the wine is corked! “It’s one of the first things I learned when I arrived at the lab in April 2017. If the wine has a cork, it’s corked.” Aurélie, just under 30, heads the Exact analysis laboratory, a specialist in the agri-food sector, which […]
20 December 2019
4 min.