From green to translucent, the veraison

When the berries become translucent, we call it the « veraison ». It usually allows to determine the harvest date, about 40 days later. End August/beginning september is the time of  ripening process.

Hail, frost, the vine and the winegrower

Nature remains the boss and knows how come back as a reminder of anyone who would forget it. Obviously, the winegrowers don’t belong to  this category. They daily work with it and have the memory of at least one painful event. Hail storms last year, unexpected frost on may this year, belong to theses bad memories. In fact, how protect […]

Telling the story of cognac region

Far away from the hustle and bustle of our working lives, cognac needs to take its time, all its time. A generation of winegrowers works for the upcoming one. Suffice it to say that it’s light-years of our connected daily life, and thus, should be more emphasized, a subject of never-ending story.

Back on a bright august in cognac… and Tuscany

Last business week before the holidays, and we enjoy a lot  the long summer evenings, dinning  outside with friends and talking of this and that… It seems that we live 2 days in one… In the vineyards, the winegrowers work in the morning time, when the temperature is not too hot. Frederic explains us the trimming and […]