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For my second contribution to the fig leaf, an invitation to read by devouring the latest book by Christophe Beau "For a few hectares less" published by Editions Meals. For a few hectares and less for a few more lessons, a book that intimate to those who read it become aware of [Read More]

Boby Lapointe would have been 90 this year! Sure, he would have loved the Helicon and the energy that animates Pezenas, his hometown, to celebrate around the Printival. Come! To learn more about the festival: http://www.printivalbobylapointe.com/ An excerpt on the website: "I do not know how many times I'm [Read More]

"I do not know how many times I came to play Pezenas. But how much liver I have left? Alas .... I did not know, putting your feet the first time I would meet friends like Jackie, Sam and Danny and we often meet again to celebrate Bobby. Oh, but of course in Pezenas [Read More]

The wine would be political? It should be a camp! We even asked to choose, to push for a wine that would run! A Friday wine and colorful bad beginning! It seems to me that one "morandinise", and to invent such matters. It is certainly to be frivolous, light, have [Read More]

I could have caption: It looks like what the sale of wine on the Internet? Maybe a little of that! A discount to 65% on a St. Emilion Grand Cru! Customer a price reduced from € 20 to less than 7 euros! Winemakers, Vigneronnes, are you ready to sell off your bottles on the [Read More]

You like wine? You are a true lover of Bordeaux? You insist on drinking only of Bordeaux? But then, you run out of cash to buy yourself a great vintage! Do not panic, Bordeaux is full of real juice! You have no idea how! Here, [Read More]

Exports of Pays d'Oc wines to China have grown rapidly over the last 10 years, making China the fifth partner of the Pays d'Oc in volume. Exports of Pays d'Oc wines grew in volume (45% vs. 9 months 2011 9 months 2010) but [Read More]

The AFP today with festivities Live Burgundy, on the eve of a weekend auction of the Hospices de Beaune. A fine reward for Francis and Aurélien for this immense task with a high point last year and this video auction by Lucchini. (Photo found on the website of http://www.vindicateur.fr) Beaune (Côte-d'Or) [Read More]

ShowViniste I am, you'll understand my reaction and my interest to read the article today on the blog: Anthocyanins entitled "not to the extreme". Please, understand me, I rarely do that and my will is not to insult or to have any disrespect. I am and have always been ShowViniste to set [Read More]

Why did the advent of technology, some still oppose it? What explains the reluctance to modernity? How can assimilate some novelty to superficiality or amateurism, etc ...? We, us, generation keyboard, sharp break from paper to screen, this chance to each, ie a message to whoever will hear it and understand it. [Read More]