So the old adage, 'good things come to those who wait' rings true for this month's edition - 'Acapella Versus Concerto'. We wanted to use a music analogy highlighting our first wine for all our 'Lovers' which is made with one variety - chardonnay, one year and one parcel. This is our Acapella, singing it's song with one voice from the Grand Cru village of Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger. Our producer is Guy Charlemagne. This is his first appearance in the Club. For our concerto, which is defined as "a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially...
This month we discuss producers who are practising and producing champagne made using mainly organic methods and also push past this and look at what other ideas are being implemented in the winery and vineyard in this month’s theme – ‘Beyond Organics’ To refresh your knowledge, ‘Organics’ is the absence of use of pesticides, fungicides and fertilisers as well as using healthy viticulture practices which are, planting grasses and other plants between rows to absorb heavy rainfall and offset disease like botrytis and ploughing the soil to aerate it and provide better drainage overall. This organic approach results in a...