Summer 2018 boosts Wine Harvests in France as compared to the huge dip in production last year 2017 being smitten by frost and hail 2018 Vintage will be great for French wines Things have finally put a smile on French wine makers as the crop yield returned to a normal after a harsh loss in 2017. The harvest now...
Larrivet Haut Brion castle in Pessac-Léognan with Winetourbooking Discover a wine estate in an enchanting setting, at only 15 minutes from Bordeaux: 75 hectares of vines, 13 hectares of park, a building dating from two centuries and a unique garden in the world: the Jardin d’Ivresse – which is the first...
Black grapes in french AOC It is the term “territory/soil” that provides the base for the designations of origin (Appellations d’Origine). These designations are managed and controlled by the INAO (National Institute for Origin and Quality). In France, there are more than 290 controlled designations of origin...
Discover Cognac with Wine Tour Booking The distillation of cognac with the Charentaise method is one of the most complex methods regarding the cognac production. Because unlike most whiskeys or vodkas, which are produced with the column distillation, the Charentaise method takes place in two stages. This technique...
Vineyards in France with Wine tour Booking In 2015, the start-up company ImmunRise in Bordeaux discovered a special Breton micro-algae. It possesses fungicide characteristics as well as those of biopesticides. Their usage reduces considerably the one of chemical products and synthetic plant protection. The laboratory...
Champagne with Winetourbooking Refreshing and sparkling – Champagne is the synonym for luxury and French celebrations! Did you know that only a sparkling wine? Whose grapes were cultivated, harvested by hand and vinified in the region of Champagne? Can rightly claim to have originated from this appellation? The...
Burgundy Wine with Winetourbooking The wine makers at Burgundy experienced this plague already last year. This year, the grapes in the region of Bordeaux were affected, too. Some properties lost the majority of their grapes just a few days before the harvests. The French vineyards had already been severely...
A vegan label? European vegan labels Today, professionals return to old techniques, they respect their environment while they are moving towards more sustainable solutions. They also try to use several techniques regarding the wine production (a biodynamic cultivation of grapes while strictly adhering to a catalogue...
