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10 – The Forest in Nivernais – Coalmen – Kiln construction
The tenth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a coalman erecting a charcoal kiln.
21 June 2018
1 min.
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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
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Herbarium, 350 years of scientific knowledge about biodiversity
With threats to the biodiversity, France decides a few years ago to collect all the natural history collections data on a single IT platform. As a matter of fact, natural history collections are a very important source of information to understand global climatic change since the start of the industrial age and to scientifically document the evolut [...]
14 June 2018
1 min.
Which was the first vineyard to obtain an AOC in France?
It’s at the beginning to fight against fraud, that was gradually built the concept of Denomination of Origin, from the beginning of the XXth century (law of 1905).
12 June 2018
2 min.
9 – The Forest in Nivernais – The good spring
The ninth postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a young boy drinking the water of a spring.
07 June 2018
1 min.
How to recognize Pedunculate and Sessile Oak?
The sessile oak and the pedunculate oak are close cousins. Physically, they look a lot alike, and at equal quality, their wood has the same uses.
05 June 2018
2 min.
Nièvre Merrain: an excellence production on a site reflecting history of the wood industry
The first sawmill to produce on the Nièvre Merrain site has been built by Alexandre Boulon as shown an advertisement published in the Guide touristique de Varzy (Varzy tourist guide) in 1923.
31 May 2018
2 min.
Three bottles harvested under Louis XV and sold under Emmanuel Macron
From Louis XIV to Louis Pasteur, the sale of the Grand Commander cellar is historic for more than one reason, thanks to the presence of three bottles that have survived the centuries.
29 May 2018
2 min.
8 – The Forest in Nivernais – Stave splitters’ lodge
Etymologically, “loge” (lodge) comes from the Old Frankish word laubja (foliage hut). The lodge, precarious housing typical of the forest proletariat, was usually built by loggers or coal workers directly on the cutting areas.
24 May 2018
1 min.