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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Harvest journal, vintage 2021
Posted by Armand Heitz onThe harvest journal for the 2021 vintage by Armand Heitz. Relive the day-to-day harvests as well as the work in the winery of this very special vintage.
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Where it all takes root
Posted by Armand Heitz onIn a tasting cellar, it is easy to talk about pigeage, harvest date, age of the barrels and in Burgundy, you taste with your feet in the cellar with your eyes riveted on a map of the vineyard. Yes, the “Climate”, in the Burgundian sense, takes on its full meaning.
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The conquest of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Posted by Armand Heitz onPinot Noir and Chardonnay largely dominate the Burgundy vineyard today. The last episode of frost shows the limits of this standardization in the face of changes in natural conditions. It is necessary today to understand the history of grape varieties in Burgundy and above all to ask the right questions because we know it: Nature never adapts to Man. It is up to us to observe it and adapt to it to sustain our activity.
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Cuvée Episteme
Posted by Armand Heitz onÉpistemê, the result of the transmission of know-how and passion. A cuvée in collaboration with Marie Marc, student at the School of Wine and Spirits Business.
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Chemistry or machinery
Posted by Armand Heitz onThe different methods of growing vines in French AOCs require us to chemically or mechanically manage the adventitious flora that develops under the vines and between the rows. Many people think that plowing is virtuous and that glyphosate is destructive. It is commendable because the government and the industrialists communicate a lot in this direction, but what about an agronomic point of view?
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Administration kills
Posted by Armand Heitz onI set up as a young winegrower in 2013. Since 2019, I have been doing market gardening. And this year, I got into cattle and sheep farming. My job is beautiful because I am in direct living contact, but it is a daily struggle with paperwork.
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Soil work in viticulture
Posted by Armand Heitz onI 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 I needed to treat a lot. I looked into permaculture and agroecology. Revelation.
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