Our blog 'Vineyard'

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 […]

In the heart of France, on the banks of the Loire river, stands the famous Sancerre vineyard.   Recognized for its Sauvignon Blanc, the reputation of the wines of Sancerre has been well established for many centuries … In fact, traces of vine culture can be found in Sancerre since Antiquity.   In 582, Grégoire […]

The Jury of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine), which met in Paris on September 9, 2021, this year awarded 16 Prizes and 10 Special Mentions from around sixty publications in competition.   Today, we are very proud to announce that the work “Le Chêne en majesté, de la forêt au vin”, written […]

A narrow strip of land extending over some thirty kilometers on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Lavaux vineyard (canton of Vaud) enjoys a particularly favorable climate for the cultivation of vines which has prompted men to shape its slopes. steep. The exceptional character of this wine-growing landscape was recognized in 2007 by the inscription […]

We can attest proof of wine growing in the region of Chablis since the high Middle Ages. The Cistercians, who founded the Abbey of Pontigny in 1114 and subsequently stood up a cellar called the Petit Pontigny in Chablis, developed the vineyard and made it prosper thanks, in particular, to the relatively close Parisian market […]

The Campania, located in the south part of the Italian peninsyla, is a region in which viticulture has been found and documented since Antiquity, thanks to the texts of Pliny the Elder (Natural History, Book XIV).   The vineyard of the PDO Asprinio di Aversa (PDO, 1993) have been cultivated haughtily for centuries. This ancestral […]

Agroecology* constitutes a set of practices aimed to conceive production systems differently by oftenly reintroducing into them what once existed. Agroecology is therefore opposed to the model of intensive monoculture which, in the wine sector, results in monoculture vineyards in rows. The ancestral wine-growing practices linked to the tree, whether for when it served as […]

In 1910 in December, work in the vineyard was marked by the start of pruning and maintenance or preparation work for the planting of the plots.   Here is what we can read in the Wine Trade Directory in 1910 :   Winter pruning – We only start this operation in the South and the […]

In 1910 in November, work in the vineyard was marked by provignage, soil maintenance and stakes.   Here is what you can read in the Wine Trade Directory in 1910 :   Culture – In November we start the provignage and, if the branches are sufficiently hardened, the submersions and the shoring. We carry out […]

“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.   October in the […]