Lapierre: visiting the natural hero of Beaujolais
This was my second visit to Lapierre, following on from a visit with Camille Lapierre back in 2016. This time
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Beaujolais
Château du Moulin-à-Vent: a new Beaujolais star
Moulin-à-Vent is one of the most prestigious of the crus of Beaujolais, and has a reputation for making ageworthy wines.
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Highlights: Domaine Chapel Beaujolais Villages 2018
I visited David Chapel and Michel-Smith Chapel in their new winery in 2018. They’d only recently started out: 2016 was
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Marc Delienne, a new natural winegrower in Fleurie
Beaujolais is a hotspot for natural wine, and one of the new names here is Marc Delienne in Fleurie. Jamie
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David-Baupère: visiting one of the new naturals in Beaujolais
So much was achieved in Beaujolais by the gang of pioneering natural winegrowers back in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Lunch at Le Port de By Chez Cécile, Grièges, Mâcon
Not far from Mâcon, with breathtaking view of the Saône, this is a lovely restaurant with an amazing Beaujolais-dominated wine
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Using a microscope to monitor fermentations at Lapierre
Natural winemaking doesn’t mean just letting wine ferments do their own thing. If you want to make good natural wines,
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Gallery: autumn in the vineyards of Beaujolais
Some pictures from yesterdays walk through the vineyards of Fleurie and Juliénas in Beaujolais
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Domaine Jules Desjourneys, a new Beaujolais star
Every region has its superstar producers. Beaujolais has the gang of five natural winemakers, but now there’s a new
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