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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- Tags: bourgogne, patrimoine, vigne & vin
The 2020 vintage
Posted by Armand Heitz onThis year was marked by the start of the health crisis and the first confinement from March to May. Beyond this singular aspect to manage, we had to deal with excessive meteorological factors. Journalists echo an “exceptional” vintage for Burgundy wines, but how long will our vines be able to produce under these conditions?
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The 2019 vintage
Posted by Armand Heitz onThe vintages follow one another and are not alike. After an ultra simple 2018 vintage, I had a hard time imagining that nature would be much less easy to manage in 2019. More difficult weather conditions with a frost and a very dry summer.
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The land is dead. Long live the land!
Posted by Armand Heitz onA local product is a product that bears witness to the agronomic, climatic and cultural heritage of a region. What is fantastic with a local product is that the neighboring plot will have a different product because it does not have the same soil or the same cultivation methods. It is this diversity that will make a territory rich and resilient.
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New Beaujolais or the end of modern oenology
Posted by Armand Heitz onBeaujolais Nouveau is a paradox. It made the reputation of Beaujolais wines, relatively unknown before the 1950s outside the Lyon region. Until the 2000s, the wine benefited from this festival before the phenomenon led to a loss of appetite for this vineyard. What happened?
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Why I am not labeled organic
Posted by Armand Heitz onThe question is recurring: are you organic? It's legitimate, I work with nature, putting a lot of emphasis on this relationship. Labels monopolize attention and debate around agricultural production with respect for the environment. These are charters that have the merit of reassuring the consumer, but can we really say that they guarantee virtuous and sustainable production?
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- Tags: agronomie, permaculture, vigne & vin