News

Aération Douce – Exploreurs

Exploreur® Oenology The glass that lets the wine express itself. Releasing the aromas of wine! Inhale first the wine in the glass; then swirl your wine in your Exploreur® Oenology glass for a few seconds and then breathe in the difference. As the wine moves against the wall of the glass, the intensity of its […]

The White Wine Coast

Early November 2018 We come out of the winery of our friend Paul, winegrower at Le Mesnil sur Oger.A few samples of the still wine already show me – thanks to Paul’s explanations, his pipette in hand – the differences between the grapes from several plots. The harvest, which was early this year, was completed […]

Bourgogne & its vineyard maps

Bourgogne and its Climates represented 150 years apart The Map of the Great Wines of Bourgogne: unfold the map of the Côtes de Nuits, the Côtes de Beaune and you will travel! You will remember, you will finally be able to locate the winegrowers whose good bottles you know. The appellations speak to us, the […]

Wine Quiz

The Wine Quiz Questions 1. Red wines from Bordeaux are traditionnaly a blend of several grape varietals. Name the two most important ones. 2. Is the colour of a red wine derived from the pulp or skin of the grape? 3. Who said: “Wine is the healthiest and most hygienic of drinks”? o Jean-Antoine Chaptal o […]

Wine does not drink alone

It is often said that solitary drinking, and that includes wine, is a bad sign. For sure, sociability and exchanges of all kinds are very much a part of hedonistic drinking of alcoholic beverages, and this particularly so in the case of wine.

The Twin-blade: an atypical corkscrew with a history

The idea: “pull” the cork from the bottle without piercing it. How? By inserting 2 “spring steel” blades attached to a handle between the cork and the bottle’s neck, then pulling and turning the blades and the cork together, removing the cork without damaging it. The Twin-blade easily removes corks in the wine, even old […]

« Previous 1 2 3 4