Posts tagged with "grapes"



Wine art and DIY · 09. September 2021
How to dye clothes with blck grapes
It's harvest time, it's grapes season! They are delicious fruit, which can also be used to dye old linen and clothes. This process allows to get pretty shades of purple. Our article explains the recipe and the different steps to get naturally-dyed fabric.
Oenology · 01. February 2021
International Wine Days
Did you know that certain days of the year honor grape varieties or types of wine? Riesling is thus celebrated on March 13th, Malbec on April 17th ... The 3rd Thursday of November is synonymous with the release of Beaujolais Nouveau and the 4th Friday ofJune is World Rosé Day (just at the beginning of summer, it couldn't have been better!) A good way to enhance these grape varieties and styles of wine, and to make the countries or regions that produce them better known.
Work in the vineyard · 31. August 2020
Harvest 2020: the first grapes were cut on August 31st at the family winery, Vignoble Alain Robert. A very early date in the Loire Valley, where the harvest normally begins at the end of September. This article is meant to give you some explanations about the purpose and interest of hand harvest as opposed to machine harvest, and to share a beautiful video filmed by an American visitor who took part in one of our Loire Wine Tours at harvest time in September 2017.

Loire Wine Tours

Myriam Fouasse-Robert

Charmigny

37210 Chançay

+33 6 52 16 97 07

rdvdanslesvignes@gmail.com

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