The Montpellier exhibition center will host the next edition of SITEVI, international exhibition of equipment and know-how for vine-wine, olive and fruit & vegetable production, from November 26th to 28th, 2019. Becoming the business and innovation meeting, this biennial is the world leader in the three sectors. After the record reached for its […]
Key handover ceremony of the Duchy of Nivernais to Jean-Baptiste Colbert On October 23 1659, Colbert wrote to Mazarin to describe the key handover ceremony of the Duchy of Nivernais which took place on the previous Sunday (October 19 1659). The festivities went forth till the day after as specified by Colbert : “The […]
At the beginning of October, the 7th edition of Wine and barrels competition took place in the beautiful surroundings of the Noirlac Abbey in France. The Wine and Barrels competition or « Alliances du monde » is aimed at exceptional wines aged in oak barrels, which represent less than 2% of the world’s wine volume. […]
The 28th edition of SIMEI, the leading international fair in technology for the winemaking and bottling sectors, will be held from 19th to 22th November 2019 in Milan. Every two years, this international event brings together the major players in the sector to exchange and discover the latest developments in the wine industry. […]
360 years ago, on October 16 1659, Colbert wrote to Mazarin from Entrains-sur-Nohain to tell him about his arrival in the Nièvre and how expansive and beautiful the Duchy was. This journey follows the acquisition of the Duchy of Nevers by Cardinal Mazarin (July 11 1659) who sent Colbert in the Nièvre to appraise its […]
Published in October 2018, the book The oak in majesty, from forest to wine highlights the concept of forest terroir: a specific soil, aspect, and rainfall, as well as a particular exposure to sunlight, to which should be added the species or variety of tree, the density of plantation, as well as average age, all […]
The 86th edition of the Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre will be held this year from October 9th to 13th, under the sponsorship of Sophie Mounicot and Yann Arthus-Bertrand. This festival is one of the most important event in Paris, drawing 500.000 people each year. Nuns of Montmartre, and religious of Saint-Denis, are at […]
This autumn sale of wood is organized by the west Burgundy ONF agency each year during the first Friday of October. It takes place this year in Clamecy. During this sale, ONF offers for sale wood from the public forest of Nièvre and Yonne. The volume of wood put up for sale this year […]
Published in October 2018, the book The oak in majesty, from forest to wine highlights the concept of forest terroir: a specific soil, aspect, and rainfall, as well as a particular exposure to sunlight, to which should be added the species or variety of tree, the density of plantation, as well as average age, all […]
Population censuses are very useful because, as a snapshot of a precise moment, they inform us about the demographic composition of a territory. Data collected in Murlin through the population censuses shed light on the changes in the professional structure of the village population during the 19th century. As a matter of fact, after […]
