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Champagne – Laherte Frères

Posted on March 30, 2011 by O

Originally, we had not planned to visit Champagne, having already decided on our portfolio from previous trips and grown tired of seeing the sad state of the region’s many chemically-abused vineyards. But over dinner in Charnay, our friend Eric Texier … Continue reading →

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Touraine – Clos Roche Blanche

Posted on March 13, 2011 by O

Suzanne Blanchet, in her 1982 ‘Les Vins du Val de Loire’, wrote of Catherine Roussel, “Elle apporte le raffinement et le doigté que seule une femme sait avoir”1. Nearly three decades later, that remains true at one of our favourite … Continue reading →

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Muscadet – André-Michel Brégeon

Posted on February 17, 2011 by O

It is tremendously difficult to explain the utter brilliance of Michel Brégeon’s Muscadets. There is of course the unique terroir, an outcrop of gabbro amidst the gneiss and granite, farmed by hand and with heart. The vines take after him … Continue reading →

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