MILLESIME BIO 2010 – VISITS

At the end of the press-trip organized by Marie Gaudel’s CLAIR DE LUNE, we had the opportunity to visit some wineries in the surrounding. Unfortunately I had to go home one day earlier than planned and couldn’t join the rest of the group for a visit of Domaine Costeplane (Cannes-et-Clairan), a visit and lunch at [...]

MILLESIME BIO 2010 – EXTRA – WALKING LIKE AN EGYPTIAN

The biggest surprise of this edition of MILLESIME BIO did not come from one or other well-known wine producing country, but actually … from the desert!
Making wine in the desert seems completely crazy, and in a way it is. Making organic wine in the desert is even more crazy. A huge challenge undertaken by [...]

MILLESIME BIO 2010 – DAY 3

The third day, Wednesday, was much more ‘relax’ than the first two, it looked like as if the most buyers were gone… We had only 1/2 day tasting, the rest of the day was planned by our guests, the press agency CLAIR DE LUNE (Marie Gaudel) for visits and a ‘dégustation dinatoire’ (tasting + dinner) [...]

MILLESIME BIO 2010 – DAY 2

The second day of MILLESIME BIO was very busy. Lots of visitors in the alleys, big queues at the stands, but it was just worth waiting for tasting.

Impression picture: courtesy Clair de Lune
The press agency CLAIR DE LUNE (Marie Gaudel) succeeded to open a big tin of FIJEV journalists from many countries.  25 of us [...]

MILLESIME BIO 2010 – DAY 1

MILLESIME BIO started on Monday January 25… 3 days of tastings, interviews, chats, conferences, visits…
Update 25-01-2010:  first day at MILLESIME BIO.  Wow,  what a big change in years… From Mas de Saporta to Narbonne, than one year to Perpignan and one to Montpellier, now definitely (at least for a while) at the Parc des Expositions [...]