Q & A
What is “Métayage”?
In a sharecropping arrangement known as “Métayage,” a vine farmer, or “Métayer,” rents a vineyard or a portion of a vineyard, and makes payments in the form of wine or grapes
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What is « Metabisulfite »?
Metabisulfite is a chemical that is commonly added to freshly picked grapes to prevent oxidation of the grape must.
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What is “Décuvage”?
“Décuvage” is a French term which designates the operation by which the wine is transferred from the tank…
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What is a “Vin Chaud” (mulled wine)?
In France, this ancestral remedy is often prepared to combat the cold during the winter…
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What is the “Pied de Cuve”?
The winemaker meticulously prepares his “Pied de Cuve” a few days before harvest.
He selects a few hundred kilos of ripe, beautiful, and healthy grapes from the best vineyard locations for this purpose…
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What is the meaning of “Ouillage”?
The process of “Ouillage,” also known as filling, entails maintaining the barrels full during their time in the cellar…
Wine History
What was called « submersion » (vineyards flooding technique)?
In the midst of the heroic fight against phylloxera era, we discovered that the harmful bug was hibernating on the vine’s roots during the winter period …(click to read more)…
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What is referred to as “Gravelle” inside a wine?
“Gravelle” is the name given to a deposit that resembles very fine sand. Although it may seem unpleasant to the inexperienced people, this deposit is particularly noticeable …(click to read more)…
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What are the “Vin de goutte” and the “Moût de goutte”?
When it comes to white wines, we refer to the juice that spontaneously drips from the crushed grapes before the grapes are sent to the press as “Moût de goutte” …(click to read more)…
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What is a Champagne Rosé? What to expect?
A “Champagne Rosé” is a pink-colored sparkling wine (elaborated through the Traditional Method also called “Méthode Champenoise”) produced in the French region of Champagne from either only black grapes or from the blending of red wines and white wines …(read more)…