Text Size:-+
11.03.2006

A Burgundy Winemaker's Harvest Story

You know how there are some people you wish would just adopt you and drag you along on all their fantastic adventures? Well my friend Pim is one of those folks. As she globe-trots her way through all the Michelin starred restaurants of France, or the best unknown taco stands of Mexico, I'm constantly kicking myself for not offering to be her personal valet and baggage carrier for only pennies a day.

The most recent adventure I really missed out on was her trip with Claude Kolm (of The Fine Wine Review) to Burgundy where she visited...pretty much everyone. Pim has a habit of making friends wherever she goes, and one of the folks that took a liking to her on this recent trip was a young winemaker named Jeremy Seysses whose family owns Domain Dujac.

Whether through sheer force of personality, or an offer to cook Thai food for him sometime (which no one in their right mind would refuse), Pim got Jeremy to guest blog about his family's harvest of Grand Cru and Premiere Cru Burgundies last month. The guy went to Oxford, so he knows how to write, and he does a good job providing a window into the various aspects of harvest, both psychological and physical.

In any case, I thought readers might want to check it out. In Part One, he talks about preparing for the harvest in the vineyards and in the cellar. In Part Two, he covers the bottling of last year's whites and the waiting game for the harvest. Part Three covers the harvest itself and the crush.

Enjoy.

TrackBacks (0)

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: A Burgundy Winemaker's Harvest Story.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.vinography.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/6741

Comments (3)

11.04.06 at 10:15 PM

This was a real treat, Alder! Thanks a bunch.

11.06.06 at 9:53 AM

I want Pim's job!

Alder wrote:
11.06.06 at 9:54 AM

Don't we all.

Comment on this entry

(will not be published)
(optional -- Google will not follow)
Yes
 

Type the characters you see in the picture above.

Calendar of Postings

November 2008

S M T W T F S
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            

Most Recent Entries

The Skeptic's Guide to Biodynamic Wine 2004 E. Guigal "Chateau d'Ampuis" Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhone, France The Best South African Wines, Part II: Cape Wine 2008 Scores E-mail Scammers Hit Wine Retailer 1999 Perrier Jouet "Cuvee la Belle Epoque" Brut Champagne, Epernay, France The Truth About American Wine Drinking I Don't Understand San Francisco Wine Week 2006 Handley Cellars "Hein Vineyard" Pinot Blanc, Anderson Valley Semi-Debunking Wild Yeast Fermentation in Wine Three Cheers For a Wine Democracy

Favorite Posts From the Archives

Masuizumi Junmai Daiginjo, Toyama Prefecture Wine.Com Gives Retailers (and Consumers) the Finger 1961 Hospices de Beaune Emile Chandesais, Burgundy Wine Over Time The Better Half of My Palate 1999 Királyudvar "Lapis" Tokaji Furmint, Hungary What's Allowed in Your Wine and Winemaking Why Community Tasting Notes Sites Will Fail Appreciating Wine in Context The Soul vs. The Market 1989 Fiorano Botte 48 Semillion,Italy

Archives by Month

 


SITE SPONSORS:


Required Reading for Wine Lovers

The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson The Taste of Wine by Emile Peynaud Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch Love By the Glass by Dorothy Gaiter & John Brecher Noble Rot by William Echikson The Science of Wine by Jamie Goode The Judgement of Paris by George Taber The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil The Botanist and the Vintner by Christy Campbell The Emperor of Wine by Elin McCoy The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson The World's Greatest Wine Estates by Robert M. Parker, Jr.