The cold is here at last, twice last week early morning temperatures had dropped to
-6°C !
The leaves have dropped off the vines …
So now, we can start pruning !
Sunday, December 08, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
More good news !!!
More good news !!!
From October
our tasting room will open
on Thurdays from 17.30 – 19.30
well as on existing days :
Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30 - 12.30
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Some early vinification stages for the Reds…
In the first stage the grapes, Syrah here, are tipped onto a sorting table and checked.
Then they are moved on for de-stemming.
Next, they fall onto a moving carpet and are sorted a second time, before being
gravity fed into the fermentation vat.
Four or five weeks later after regular circulation of the lees, the vat will be emptied
and the winewill be (almost …) ready !
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Wednesday 18 September 2013, Our Trélans 2013 starts fermenting
Three photos to try to illustrate the fermentation of
Chenin and Vermentino grapes getting under way…
Attacking the whites !
Under the clear September sunshine in ideal cool
weather,
we picked the
Vermentino (top photo). Tomorrow, it’ll be the Chenin’s turn (lower photo) to
enter the cellars…
Sunshine for the 2013 harvest…
After a short but intense rainy spell, the weather cheered up in the
vineyard,
with cool nights and great days.
Picking started Wednesday 11th with the Merlot from Mas Garrigou
which is destined for the 2013 Le Merle aux Alouettes !
The bunches are splendid and
in outstanding condition …
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Bangkok, launch of RESTAURANT APPIA
Friday 1 March in Bangkok, the APPIA restaurant
with inspired Roman and Mediterranean cuisine, opened it doors with a splendid
dinner based on Wines from Domaine Chabanon .
A huge success, the evening stretched late into
Bangkok’s warm night.
Long Live APPIA !
Eight different wines can be served by the glass and at the right
temperature from 2 distributors like these
On the left, Pierre, my business partner in
Asia and joint owner of APPIA
Mediterranean vegetables …
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Vinisud Asia Wine Fair 2013
The first Vinisud Asia salon has just taken place in Shanghai.
It will now take place every other year, alternating with the salon in
Montpellier.
In that China has become my 2nd largest
export client; it was a great opportunity to spend 3 days encouraging people to
taste my Campredon, Esprit de Font Caude and Saut de Côte wines.
My exclusive importer EMW (East Meets West) sent along the highly effective Vicky
to handle translations.
A very smiling Nancy, Marketing Manager with EMW, came
along to check all was going well: here’s her photo …
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Organic Vintages 2013
The three days Salon
Millésime Bio 2013 (2013 salon for organic vintages), which has just taken
place in Montpellier, proved a great success, definitely encouraging us to
continue on the road to excellence …
It was also a
great opportunity to meet old and new clients…
In this
photograph, taken in the splendid, gastronomic restaurant Cellier Morel, we
greatly enjoyed dinner with Mr Yang Soo Jang, our importer in South Korea.
On the menu : Les Boissières 2000, L'Esprit
de Font Caude 2005 and Saut de Côte 2009
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Snow on Languedoc vineyards
It just took a few centimetres of snow
to transform the land we know so well into something fascinating
Truly a winter wonderland …
This was in Lagamas last week, in our Carignan vineyard.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Times change …
Last week, I showed you our olive trees, covered in fruit, apparently nestling
in spring sunshine …
And now, see for yourselves …
The bleak midwinter has arrived; for how long ? We’ll
see.
The land of the olive …
The olives enjoying their last few hours in the Lagamas sunshine.
Soon they’ll be hand-picked, then
gently pressed and transformed into luscious oil …
All the best for 2013
May 2013 bring you health, wealth and happiness …
Here at the Domaine, we believe future vintages will inherit the ancestral qualities of these centennial trees !
The first is a green oak protecting the vinification cave, the second a giant olive living between Montpeyroux and St Jean de Fos.
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