Champagne Tarlant

Blue White Red : Harvest live in Champagne

Congratulation Yohann Diniz ! The champagne runner won last night the silver medal in Osaka for athletism worldchampionship. Champagne!

Yesterday, we already supported him through the tank by making our red wine (for the newbies, in blue:  is the "flag" which will make possible to keep the grapes cold, in white: it is the pipe which makes circulate water for cooling, and in red: that which brings the grapes to the tank)

 

Indeed, the whole first grapes were harvested for making our red wine.
After a first selection of origin, then in the vine, the grapes are selected again before it goes through the "egrappoir".
We don't have the last high tech-table for selection, it is kind of “very hand-crafted”; -). On the other hand, the "erafloir"  (a bit noisy), allows us to vinify a small tank in red.
If a winemaker needs it, one can lend to him. Red is done for the season!

tri de raisins pour vin rouge
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Veraison, that's good

It starts. Finally!!!

Tour of Londoners in France

Google translate :

Last Saturday (yes, I know, at the same time as the London prologue, but it is only coincidence), took place the birthday of Arblaster & Clarke. This company is an incredible wine tour operator, -visits of vineyards throughout the world-.
Their first “voyage organisé” had Champagne as a destination in 1987.

Twenty years later, in the Château de Condé (Vaux le Viscount was already booked this weekend), Champagne “the hosts” and more than one hundred special guests were at this celebration.

Happy Birthday Lynette, Happy Birthday Tim! Cheers! (not of "maillot jaune" -yellow TShirt-, but purple)

I really love the Castle of Condé.

1. It is the best place for Wedding Photos

2. The garden, the wood and the river give a very bucolic impression to you.

3. And ..., from the view of the garden, I can admire the superb hillside of Celles les Condé, and especially our various vines which are located there. ; -)

 

 

Grape harvest time in Champagne

Google Translate :
I start to have several requests of grape-pickers who wonder about the dates of harvest in Champagne. But the appreciation of the maturation of the grape is particular.

By estimating the number of evening barbecue (zero) made in June and May; -), one could have believed that we delay maturation. And yet, the weather was wormer than the 10 last previous years, + 2°C (because of the nights not cool enough).
The dates of the flowers were early ripening, one can as well as possible estimate the beginning about on August 20 for the earliest under-areas whereas for the whole of Champagne weeks 35 (at the end of August) and 36 (at the beginning of September) will be decisive.
The grains of abled (grape which starts to take color) very soon will be shown.

Thus before leaving on holiday, prepare your shears.

Are you ready Boots ?

Google translate:

Yesterday morning, a group of 20-25 people, boots with the feet, was balladait on the côteaux ones of the Monthodon Vault and Agnan Saint. In fact the CSCP (=Commission of Follow-up of the Conditions of Production) carried out its rounds of observation of the vineyard. It has the role of observing, “in a spirit of pedagogy and council”, the total farming state of the vineyard and the respect of the conditions of production.
There were vine growers of the sector, a vine grower external with the area, a representative of the Group of the Young people (myself), the President of section of the commune, correspondent AVC, a representative of the trade, technicians wine and an agent INAO.

Among the raised elements, one can find pêle-mixes:

the average output with the piece, the number of bunch to m2, density of plantation, the good installation of the vineyard (wire, stakes, tying,…), the counting of the missing feet, heights of trimming, various cultivation methods: Total putting under grass, a row on two, ENM, barks, weeding, cereals, work of the ground, etc

Environment was obviously mitigated after the hail which had struck certain pieces, but the “division of the stress” related to this episode finally makes it possible to relativize. ; -)

These CSCP take place of June 20 and July 20 and visit nearly 70 villages per season. For the next one, I would not have far going, Ca will be appointment Wednesday morning, just opposite, with the co-operative of Oeuilly.

Vignerons sur le coteau
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Grrrrrr.............. Haillllllllll

Google translate:

That is given! Yesterday evening, at the end of the day, storms with repetitions, and let us hail with abundance. On part of the vineyard of Those the Cop, the western face has undergoes the attack of small particles of ices.

impact de grele sur vigne
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While seeing evolving/moving the cumulonimbus, I found it alarming “visually” beautiful, “météorologiquement”.

And one is only at the beginning in the summer, finally be, way of speaking.

What to make after hail? To keep a good protection mildew… You speak!!

document weather France on hail (PDF)

Noun dé Mil'diou

Google translate:

This morning, small déj' in front of LCI; the information of the day, it was the bad weather. For information, it is information!

With the colleagues vine growers met on Vinexpo and with dimensioned, it was about the same problem everywhere: The MILDEW is there.
I found an Anthem Vine grower for 2007 (crowned year…)

According to the pressure, about strong, it “is obviously descended” on the bunch.

“A beautiful” photograph of Rot Gris

The index of gravity MILVIT (used by the SRPV), it is a kind of modeling of the current pressure mildew.

One can couple this index with information “EAR Mildew”, which is elaborate thanks to the model Potentiel System mildew, of SESMA: doc word .

 

Storm in Bordeaux Act III (Contains sulfites...mais pas trop in Tire Pé)

Google translate:

And for cloturer these storms of Bordeaux, here most beautiful… That where one is below!

On the heights of the Gironde on Dropt, we were accomodated remarkably and very convivialement by Helene and David within their field for this Off Contains sulphites mais pas trop

 

Into video, the before of OFF; -) (and the storm)

Vinexpo 2007 - Off - Contains sulfites mais pas trop
Vidéo envoyée par Benoit Tarlant, vigneron de Champagne

And still better for the summaries of the wines, and the evening, to see the blog A boire et à manger.

Storm in Bordeaux Act II (Off Wines-Up with Francis Boulard)

Google translate:

After one Sunday “sprinkled” evening, Monday morning it was Cujac direction, in the middle of the forest médocaine for the Off of Francis. I would have liked to show you the photographs of the tasted vine growers or the storm. But this time, it is the chart of the portable which flanché. Just for information, I adored the wines of Marc Ollivier, Mathieu Baudry, Eric Nicolas, Bott-Geyl, and Antony Terryn.

Fortunately for the interest of this post, of the key elements remained recorded in memory!

For the first, it is Francis.

Surrounded by these bubble bottles, between Alsace and the Beaujolais wine, it was démenait to explain to an uninterrupted audience the charms of the Champagne wines. Its versions proportioned and not made devastations among the visitors of Off.

Taken on the fact, this photograph illustrates Francis in full tasting, but which is the legend?

a) Still a storm? The sky will fall us on the head.

b) Thin, I forgot a vintage in Vito Ducato!?

c) And statement that there are friends with the field…

D) Oh it, of Stilton to Champagne… It did not miss any more that English likes the Natures wines!

With you to guess; -)

The day ended in a very relaxed dinner on the close lawn.
Towards the dessert, (crême pineapple or strawberry), UFOS appeared, shaving counted, clinging to the trees. I succeeded in catching one of them in the act. I get information to find the name of these indicator boards of storm.
A few minutes afterwards, in fact cloudburst fell, accompanied by hails which obliged us to return in the Sheep-fold and to continue to discuss around the half-opened bottles.
Still a sprinkled evening!

insecte mysterieux : voici ce bel insecte Lucane Cerf-volant , merci didier
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Storm in Bordeaux Act I (Off Pey-Labrie and "Wine Winecamp")

Google Translate:

My “week of Bordeaux” started quietly with a turn with the Pey-Labrie Mill. I did not want too to survey as of 8h30 the spans of the park of Expos… One Sunday morning, you imagine???

Bucolic tastings seemed to me much more sympathetic nerves. Fronsac direction and on the spot, I found a Champagne fellow-member with the dynamic vintages. I met also Isaure de Savennières, which second Evelyne (OIVienne P13). I knew already the field, but not rising generation.

 

On the barrel of Marcel Richaud, I found of the “Oiviens” P18-19. (I will try to make a post to explain you which is these Oiviens; -))

I finished with Jean-Michel Stephan de Côte Roast and Elian Da Ros of the Coasts of Marmandais. The last time that one had seen oneself, it was for one evening Brugean memorable at the time of the exit of “Terug naar of Wijngaard”!!!

   

Of 10h with 17h, intersected with a dresser, tastings were followed. But like known as Pierre: “what is well in this type of living room, it is that even while drinking much one does not have a headache; -)”

It was the hour however to turn over on Bordeaux and to find our friends bloggeurs. It was a priori the good moment to return (considering the world which left the living room to foot and by car). Obviously, one parked oneself contrary to Hall 3 and of the stand of Despagne, therefore after having crossed the totality of the carpark, one has resquiller to enter to 18h30 (closing time).

We found the troop of bloggeurs quietly sat at table around some glasses, alarming little of the traffic external or the closing of the lights of the living room. It is limiting the bouncer of Vinexpo which left us.

Thank you at the Despagne house for its reception intra-expo, in Mathieu to have kept a place to us on the quays and especially under the tent and to have answered present at David, the DB, Régis which bottled the following day, in Laurent and Champagne Aurélien, Francis, and Raphaël & Co.

Vendanges de blogs à  Vinexpo 2007
Vidéo envoyée par Benoit Tarlant, Vigneron de Champagne

Orage sur les quais de Bordeaux