The wine region of Sable de Camargue is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Dune (Caveau Les Sablons) or the Domaine L'Ephémère des Embruns produce mainly wines pink, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sable de Camargue are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sable de Camargue often reveals types of flavors of cream, saline or pear and sometimes also flavors of honey, pineapple or tropical.
In the mouth of Sable de Camargue is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 36 estates and châteaux in the of Sable de Camargue, producing 112 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sable de Camargue go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.
In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...
The voice drops a little; the tone grows more reverential. Everyone knows; everyone understands. There will be wry allusions to a quest, perhaps even the grail. Sacrifice is expected en route; failure (always forgiven: a badge of honour) beckons on every side. Kitted up, your hopes armour-plated? I might be talking about planting vines on a cleared slope, or simply about taking the corkscrew to a ridiculously expensive bottle of wine, but you all know by now what’s meant. Pinot Noir. ‘Pinotism’ ...
Some Châteauneufs are more reliable than others. When I visit the region to taste the new vintage every year, Domaine de la Janasse’s cuvée Vieilles Vignes regularly features among the best. It’s a particularly dense and concentrated wine when young, and it always strikes me that, even for Châteauneuf, it’s a wine that needs extended ageing to show its best. I was keen to acquire a more complete understanding of how this cuvée develops, so I visited brother-and-sister team Isabelle and Christoph ...
