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Romanee Conti, Vosne-Romanee, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Romanee-Conti is one of the grand cru appellation vineyards in the commune of Vosne-Romanee in Cote de Nuits in Bourgogne. It is a monopole (fully owned) by the Domaine de la Romanee Conti, sometimes called DRC. It is planted exclusively with pinot noir grapes to make red wine. Not just any red wine, but one of the most expensive ones you can find.
The Romanee-Conti grand cru is just one of several around the village of Vosne Romanee. When standing looking at the stone cross on the edge of Romanee Conti you have La Grande Rue to the left, on the other side of a dirt road, behind you is Romanee Saint Vivant, above RC up the hill is La Romanee, and to you right (north) is Richebourg.
The total vineyard area is 1.63 hectares. Yields are low, much less than 30 hl/ha according to some, a bit over 40 hl/ha according to others, so there are not many bottles around, only some 4000-5000 bottles. But that is of course not the main reason that makes the wines from this vineyard one of the world's most expensive red wines. That is mainly du to its collectability and to the desire that well heeled people have to own a bottle that says Romanee-Conti on the label, and perhaps, perhaps even one day drink it. It is more of a collector's item than a beverage.
The vineyard is cultivated with organic farming since 1985.
But why there is a tall stone cross standing at the edge of the vineyard I do not know. It was erected in 1723, according to the inscription (which also says "Pierre Argo"), re-erected by the Gaudin de la Villaine and Leroy (at one time co-owners of the vineyard).
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Cornas village and wine region, Rhône, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Cornas is a small appellation (AOC / AOP) in the northern Rhône Valley in France. It is the least known and southern-most of the three “great” wine districts in northern Rhone: Côte Rôtie, Hermitage and Cornas. This small wine region centres around a small rural village called … Cornas.
The Cornas wine appellation is entirely dedicated to red wines made exclusively from the syrah grape. Syrah is by far the most important red quality grape in the northern Rhone, also exclusively used in Cote Rotie and dominant in Hermitage. It has recently risen from being the little nondescript cousin of the other two great appellation into standing virtually on par with them, producing wines of great distinction and quality. (Perhaps that had to do with the cousins becoming terribly expensive and consumer looking for more affordable alternatives?)
The entire Cornas wine district covers only a mere 90 hectares, smaller than some Bordeaux chateaux. All the vineyards are located on the slopes behind the village; quite steep slopes sometimes, some vineyards are even terraced.
Today the wines from Cornas are no longer cheap, but they often represent very good value for money. The traditional style with sometimes excessive and very hard tannins has in most cases given way to a wine style more based on balanced and ripe fruit with a strong underlying tannin structure.
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The Chateau Grillet, that has its own appellation close to Condrieu with its vineyard behind. Château Grillet, Vérin, Rhone, France, Europe
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Condrieu and Chateau Grillet are two small white wine appellations in the northern Rhone Valley in France. They both make exclusively white wines from the unusual, bet recently somewhat trendy grape variety called Viognier.
In the mid-1900th century viognier was on the verge of becoming extinct. A few enthusiastic growers in the northern Rhone did persist in growing, notably George Vernay and a few others. In time, no doubt helped by the excellent wines they made, the grape was “rediscovered” by consumers. Today it is also grown in several other wine regions both in France and elsewhere.
The Condrieu appellation (AOC / AOP) covers 135 hectares today, up from 12 ha in the 60s. The soil is mainly granite / gneiss. The vineyards are mostly on steep slopes, often terraced, almost tumbling over the Rhone river. It makes full-bodied, aromatic wines with aromas of exotic fruit and flowers.
Chateau Grillet is a separate appellation. It is a very close neighbour and has many similarities, e.g. soil type, lands structure and grape variety. It is sometimes said to be France’s smallest appellation (3.4 ha), but the truthfulness of that statement depends on how you count. For a long time it was the property of the Neyret-Gachet family but was sold in 2011.
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La Setera, Arribes, Castilla y Leon, Spain, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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La Setera is a small family run wine and cheese farm in Spain, in the tiny village Fornillos de Fermosells in the Zamora region (Castilla y Leon / Castile and Leon). The winery is in Arribes del Duero (or DO Denominacion de Origen Arribes). Arribes del Duero is a long drive west from Valladolid taking you almost to the Portuguese border. The landscape is barren, dry hills, bush vegetation, scattered vineyards, but also spectacular when you get close to the winding Douro river.
La Setera started making cheese in 1993 and wine in 2003. It is run by the Spanish-English couple Sara Groves-Raines and Francisco José (Patxi) Martinez. Bodega La Setera makes only 12,500 bottles of wine per year. The vineyard is planted with vines spaced wide, water is a limited resource. In the tiny winery the grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks. Some wines are aged in wooden barrels. La Setera makes red, rose and white wines: La Setera Blanco Malvasia, Rosado, La Setera Tinto Crinaza, Tinto Joven, Tinto Roble (oak aged) and Tinto Roble Seleccion Especial, all sold at very modest price. They also make a sweet wine from merlot (!) grapes. The red and rosado wines are made from the grape vine variety "juan garcia" giving dense wines with a pronounced acidity and good structure. The white wine is made from malvasia grapes.
La Setera is also a "queseria", a cheese making dairy. They produce 5000 goat cheeses per year. The cheese is hand made, stored and aged in a cheese 'aging room'. During the aging process the cheese gains in flavour and gets a hard crust. They also make a blue cheese, Queso Azul.
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The vineyard of Chateau des Fines Roches with grenache vines and pebbly rocky galet soil and a view over the village Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse, Rhone, Provence, France
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape village, Rhône, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a small village in the southern Rhône Valley in France. It is the most famous and well-known appellation in the south of the Rhône wine region. It also played an important role in the 1930s when the whole system of appellation contrôlée was created.
Literally the village name translates into The Pope's New Palace. In the village there is a ruin of what was once a splendorous palace. It was built as a summer residence for one of the Popes at the time when the popes were based in neighbouring Avignon - in the 1300s.
From an administrative point of view Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France. It has just over 2000 inhabitants.
The village is the centre of the wine appellation. It is on a small hilltop surrounded by vineyards. On the top of the hill you can see the ruined palace and from there you have a fabulous view. On a clear day you can see along the Rhône River to Avignon (20 km away) and the top of the Mont Ventoux, the highest mountain in the region.
Many of the wine producers of Chateauneuf wine have their offices and winemaking facilities in the village itself. Many have also opened a shop to sell wines in the centre of the village. There are several restaurants to choose from. The Au Verger du Pape has to be mentioned, located just next to the ruin with a view over the vineyards.
It is, in short, a place not to miss if you travel to the southern part of the Rhône Valley.
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Cellier des Princes co-operative, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Le Cellier des Princes is the only wine co-operative in the Châteauneuf du Pape appellation in the Rhone Valley in the south of France. You can find them on the Route d’Orange just outside the town of Courthezon. The cooperative dates back to 1924, at the time of the creation of the appellation system.
The cooperative Cellier de Princes brings together 240 winegrowers and represents a total vineyard area of 650 hectares. They produce wines from the appellations Chateauneuf du Pape, Cotes du Rhone (most wine producers in Chateauneuf also make Cotes du Rhone wines), Gigondas, Ventoux etc. They also do some muscat and sparkling wines. As many traditional and bigger producers do they also sell wine “en vrac”: you arrive with your own bottle/tank/container and fill it up at their pump.
The location of the winery is perhaps not the most romantic, along one of the Routes nationals, but you have a beautiful view of the Mont Ventoux at the back. There is a big wine shop where you can stock up on their full range of wines.
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Domaine Roger Sabon, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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The Domaine Roger Sabon is a wine producer in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the southern Rhône Valley in France. The winery is located almost in the centre of the village of Chateauneuf itself. They have vineyards in the Chateauneuf AOC / AOP with additional land in other appellations in the southern Rhone valley (Cotes du Rhone, Lirac). They make a range of different wines under various cuvée names: Les Olivets, Réserve, Prestige, Le Secret des Sabon, Renaissance…
They use mainly the grenache grape variety and add varying portions of syrah, mourvèdre, cinsaut, terret, counoise, vaccarèse, muscardin vines.
Domaine Roger Sabon in Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a true family domaine. Roger Sabon created the domaine in 1952. His three sons Jean-Jacques, Denis and Gilbert are all involved and now also Julien and Delphine, children of Denis, and Didier Négon, oenologist and married to Séverine, Jean-Jacques’ daughter, work at the domaine. The family has 17 hectares in the appellation of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. They also have vineyards of the other side of the river Rhône, in Roquemaure. 12 hectares are in the appellation of Lirac and 6 hectares in Côtes-du-Rhône. They also make some nice and easy-to-drink vin de table from 10 hectares. The aim of the family Sabon is to make wines with a good concentration and the work start in the vineyard with low yields.
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Domaine Giraud is a winery in the village, and appellation, Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the southern Rhone Valley (France). Sister and brother couple Marie and François Giraud took over this property from their father ten years ago and have today 19 hectares. They have great respect for the appellation and the terroir but have also introduced some modern ideas in the wine making. Destemming, for example, which was not systematically done before. Marie says that the stems (la rafle) give the wine a green taste and harsh tannins. A modern-style chateauneuf with lots of fruit and concentration and a very clean style.
Domaine Giraud is a family vineyard since 40 years back. Marie works with the Vinification and Francois works with the vineyards.
They make three different wine cuvées with various portions of grenache, syrah and mourvedre.
-Tradition
-Les Gallimardes (vieilles vignes)
-La Crau (viellies vignes, 100% grenache)
They are very fond of grenache and their wines all have a big portion of grenache. They make quite modern grenache, with good extraction and lots of fruit.
They debud and sometimes do green harvest in the vineyards. They sometimes go over the vineyards twice to select the grapes when they are at top maturity. They also select the bunches and the grapes both in the vineyards and on a sorting table when they arrive inn the vineyards. They do use a little barrel aging but not too much.
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Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is one of the old and very famous wineries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It gets its name from an old telegraph station that is said to have been located on a hill on the property. The vineyards and wine estate has been in the Brunier family since the end of the 19th century. Today it is run primarily by Daniel and Frédéric Brunier.
The vineyards of Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe extend over 70 hectares so it is a quite substantial winery. They are located primarily in the area in Chateauneuf that has the famous round stones, the galets roulés. The vineyards are planted primarily with grenache (65%) and with syrah, mourvèdre, cinsaut and smaller quantities of other grapes too. For the white wines they have grenache blanc, clairette, roussanne and bourboulenc.
In the winery they use a mix of old and new technology. They have shining stainless steel fermentation vats but also old concrete tanks as well as big wooden vats.
They make a range of wines from the Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe vineyards as well as wines from other properties they manage: Domaine les Pallières, Domaine La Roquette and even a winery in Lebanon.
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Domaine du Grand Tinel, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Domaine du Grand Tinel is a family owned winery in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape appellation. The winery itself is just on the edge of the small town of Chateauneuf, a short walk from the famous ruined tower. Today it is run by Christophe Jeune and his two sisters Béatrice and Isabelle.
The vineyards of Domaine du Grand Tinel extend over 74 hectares. They have 56 ha of vines in Chateauneuf du Pape, planted with grenache (noir), syrah, cinsault, mourvèdre, counoise, for the red wines, and grenache blanc, clairette and bourboulenc for the white wines. They also have 18 ha of vineyards in the Côtes du Rhône appellation.
The winery is equipped both with modern stainless steel fermentation tanks and with traditional large oak vats for aging. The vinification is made with 100% destemmed grapes. Some of the wines are aged partially in new oak barrels, and partially in old wood. The make several different wines: the “normal” Chateauneuf du Pape in a red wine and a white wine variety. The Chateauneuf Cuvée Prestige Alexis Establet, only in red. And the Côte du Rhône, also exclusively red.
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Old vine. Domaine Henry Pelle, Menetou Salon, Loire, France
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Domaine Henry Pellé (not Henri!) is a wine estate in the upper Loire Valley. They have 40 hectares of vineyards. the vines planted in the vineyard are sauvignon blanc for the white wines and pinot noir for the red wines.
Domaine Henry Pellé makes wine from two appellations: Menetou-Salon and Sancerre. Both are mainly white wine producers, but they also make a bit of red wine. The vines grow primarily on the white kimmeridgian limestone and chalk soil, similar to what exists in Chablis. The winery is equipped with both stainless steel fermentation tanks and a number of wooden vats. Some oak barrels are also used for aging.
The Domain Henry Pellé winery is today run by Anne Pellé, after the untimely death of Eric Pellé in an acceident in 1995, together with the oenologue Julien Zermott.
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Squeezing a ripe grape shows the clear flesh and juice. Cabernet franc. Domaine Charles Joguet, Clos de la Dioterie, Chinon, Loire, France
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Domaine Charles Joguet is a wine estate in the Chinon appellation in the Loire Valley in France. They make red wine from the cabernet franc grape variety.
The winery is situated not far from Tours. The vineyards are on two types of soil: gravel and clay-limestone. The vineyards are planted with the main red grape variety in the Loire Valley, the cabernet franc. It is locally called ‘breton’. It gives red wines that are comparatively light in body. With the right maturity they can have good complexity and elegance.
Domaine Charles Joguet makes a range of different cuvees, mainly defined by the vineyard where they are grown: Clos de la Dioterie, Clos de la Plante Martin, Les Varennes du Grand Clos Franc de Pied, Clos du Chene Vert, Les Charmes, Cuvée de la Cure, Les Petites Roches and more.
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Domaine la Tour Vieille. Collioure. Roussillon. The vineyard. France. Europe. Vineyard.
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Roussillon, Vineyards of Collioure, Stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
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Collioure is a small village on the French Mediterranean coast close to Spain. It was once a fishing village but is now mainly a tourist destination. For a long time it was also a favoured meeting place for artists. It is a charming village on the coast with a protected harbour, a beach in the town centre and many narrow winding roads.
It is also a centre for winemaking. The Collioure appellation makes mainly red wine, but also some rosé and white. The main grape variety is the grenache (noir). There is also some mourvèdre, syrah, carignan, cinsault. The whites are made primarily from grenache blanc and some grenache gris.
Much of the grapes go into making the sweet Vin Doux Naturel. These are not called Collioure. Instead they have the appellation Banyuls, the name of a neighbouring village. The geographic boundaries of the two appellations are the same.
The Collioure village is surrounded by vineyards. It is often amazingly steep slopes, sometimes terraced, sometimes not. The soil is mainly schist (slate). It is very hard work to grow vines here, due to the slopes, to the soil, and also to the heat and lack of water in summer.
It is certainly a very beautiful wine region to visit and you can taste some excellent wines here. In fact, we are not very far from the more famous Catalan region of Priorat, with similar soil and grape varieties, but the wines of Collioure sell for a fraction of the price.
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Perspective view over the plantation along the rows of young vines. Woman women working the soil with a tool. Protecting their heads against the scorching sun. Fidal vine nursery and winery, Zejmen, Lezhe. Albania, Balkan, Europe.
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Virtually all vines come from a vine nursery today. Vine nurseries (pepineriestes in French) produce young vines and deliver them to the wine growers.
The nursery men (if you can call them that) start by growing plants for the rootstocks and the scion (the future upper plant). Bar a few exceptions, all vines are grafted: a rootstock of a variety that is not Vitis Vinifera (often called "American", e.g. Vitis Rupestris), carries the scion, the upper, fruit-bearing part that is a Vitis Vinifera of the grape variety that is desired.
At the nursery the two parts are joined together and then planted on a field to grow the initial roots. They are then uprooted and trimmed before they are delivered to the vine grower who plants them in the vineyard to make wine.
There are several other important things that the nursery does, e.g. make sure that the plant material is virus-free and also select the appropriate clones of the varieties to deliver to the buyers.
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Street in the old town. Perpignan, Roussillon, France.
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Perpignan is the main city in the region of Roussillon in the south of France. It has around 300,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. This is most likely where you arrive if you travel from far away and come to explore the wines of this beautiful region. However, you may want to choose a smaller place as base camp if you plan to travel around visiting vineyards.
There is a charming old city with many winding streets and alleys, restaurants and cafés, shops etc. The centre was once encircled by ramparts, only some ruins are left. There is a massive palace called "Palace of the Kings of Majorca" on one of the hills in the city.
The city is not on the coast but travelling less than half an hour east you will reach the beach. along the coast there are several small "fishing" villages, today more dedicated to tourism: Collioure, Banyuls, Port Vendres.
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Soil detail. Slate. Vines. Died from the court noue fanleaf degeneration virus disease. Mas Amiel, Maury, Roussillon, France
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Mas Amiel is located near Maury in the beautiful valley Vallée de l'Agly, on the slopes of the Corbieres hills, almost in Fitou. But it is a decidedly Roussillon winery. A big part of their production is the VDN, Vins Doux Naturels, sweet fortified wines, made much like port wine is made. But they also make red "table" wines as well as white wines that are well worth discovering.
Mas Amiel belongs to the French business man, now winemaker, Olivier Decelle. He also owns three wine chateaux in Bordeaux. Mas Amiel is a quite substantial domaine with vineyard land of over 150 hectares. They have a variety of grape varieties planted, grenache, maccabeu, carignan. Grenache is the main grape though.
After the acquisition by Olivier Decelle in the late 90s the winery have been much modernised and the marketing effort (Decelle having made his fortune in retailing) has led to considerabl success in selling the wines. The full range of wines is of high quality. The table wines are quite powervful and somewhat modern in style. The white wines are very clean and refreshing which sometimes surprises people who think that hot climate whites are heavy.
Some of the VDN wines are aged for some time outside in glass jars, demi-johns, exposed to the sun, as is the tradition in this regions. This creates a very curious, distinctive and interesting wine with an oxidised touch. Very original.
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