2024 Primeurs
Posted by Armand Heitz onYou love great wines, the kind you keep preciously in your cellar, waiting for the right moment to reveal their full potential. But this quest is fraught with frustration: limited stocks, skyrocketing prices, sold out as soon as they are released.
In Burgundy, small plots and low yields amplify this rarity, often leaving enthusiasts with a taste of unfinished business and without the bottle they had so hoped for.
What if you could anticipate this rarity?
- Tags: vigne & vin
Pommard: A Jewel of Burgundy
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Innovation and agriculture
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The 2022 vintage
Posted by Armand Heitz onThe trend in recent years has been towards sunny vintages with heatwave periods; 2022 is an example. Global warming standardizes wines, erases the talent of the winemaker and produces wines that are rounder but at the same time less fine. One of the challenges for this type of vintage is to maintain finesse and freshness.
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- Tags: bourgogne, millésime, vigne & vin
Santa Claus is not trash
Posted by Armand Heitz on- Tags: agronomie, élevage, patrimoine, terroir, vigne & vin
How to solve the problem of pesticides in viticulture?
Posted by Armand Heitz on For 100 years, we have known grape varieties capable of producing quality wine without pesticides. For reasons of lobbies and debt repayment, our governments have preferred to run agronomic chemistry. Even today, our institutions maintain their ban.
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Who wants to become a winemaker?
Posted by Armand Heitz onDue to his family background, the current manager of the estate in Juliénas told me that he could no longer attend as he did for 4 years to lead the estate. I am therefore looking for a courageous manager or a young person with an installation project. Who wants to become a winemaker?
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- Tags: beaujolais, vigne & vin
Dye with vine
Posted by Armand Heitz onCan you dye with vine? In the books, there is no writing about this tincture. It is the anthocyanins contained in the grape that attract the eye of colorists, for the gourmet red they contain, while they have a very low resistance to light on the fabric. Experimentation and creation from the leaves of the vine.
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Burgundy takes off
Posted by Armand Heitz onIn a very short time, Burgundy wines have become overpriced. 40 years ago, the winegrowers had wine to sell, stocks in the cellar and received for a tasting. Today it is sometimes impossible to have an appointment and very often complicated to have wine. What happened ?
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