©Photographie :  Madeleine de Sinéty aimait photographier la vie à la ferme et dans les champs

A city dweller in the countryside

What is a farmer to a city dweller? What is a city dweller? What is a countryman? While the media praise a return to local, particularly driven by confinements, have the changes been maintained and...
Armand Heitz, la nature comme véritable marque de luxe

Nature as a true brand of luxury

What struck me when I met Armand Heitz was the conviction with which he highlighted nature and not his know-how. The one with which he defended a philosophy of "non-action", in his construction of what...
Bouquets de fleurs dans des bouteilles de vin

The power of plants

More and more diseases are appearing, and human beings are less and less resistant to these viruses. We are living longer and longer, but not necessarily in good conditions. What if plants and their virtues...
Mulch dans la parcelle de Chevalier-Montrachet

Soil work in viticulture

I made my first vintage in 2013, when I was working biodynamically. After 5 years, I realized that the health of my soils was not improving, that they were still very eroded, dried out and...
Loaris la ferme en permaculture

The benefits of eating in season in the spring

Why should we eat in season? Beyond these environmental considerations, in antiquity the Chinese had already understood that eating a live, local and seasonal food was more energy-laden and with nutritional benefits than a food...
Vignes Beaune Les Lulunnes

Working with bio-indicator plants

Producing great wines requires taking into account many parameters in the vineyards and in the cellar. Tillage is one of these parameters. At the estate, we attach particular importance to bringing life and biodiversity back...
La mare de Loaris et son radeau au verre de vin

Adventures: The Loaris pond

Since 2019, Loaris has had an artificial pond. For what purposes was this pond created and how do we take care of this precious ecosystem? We tell you everything in this article... Read more
Femme tenant un verre de vin

The impact of the Moon on the vine and the wine

In our world, many myths and realities around the vine exist. The lunar calendar plays an important role in the different agricultural crops and in particular for the vines. Read more
Courge dans le jardin d'automne

Preparing your garden for fall

Many gardeners think that once the cold and the rain come, the summer vegetable plants die and the squash goes into the cellar; it's time to get warm and forget about your vegetable garden until...