Château Maine ChaigneauDouceurs d’Automne Rosé
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Details and technical informations about Château Maine Chaigneau's Douceurs d’Automne Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Mornen
Mornen noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches and medium sized grapes. Mornen noir is found in the vineyards of the South West.
Informations about the Château Maine Chaigneau
The Château Maine Chaigneau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Vin de France to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin de France
Vin de France is the most basic level of quality for wines from France. These are generally uncomplicated everyday drinks - most often blends, but perhaps also Varietal wines based on a well-known Grape variety such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc. Wines from France are those that do not meet the criteria stipulated by the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) or Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) laws (see information on French wine labels). This may be because the vineyards are outside the delimited production areas or because the grape varieties or winemaking techniques used do not conform to the rules of the local appellations.
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The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...
Wartime Cognac
The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...
Axel Heinz leaves Ornellaia to join Château Lascombes
Axel Heinz, the longtime director of Ornellaia and Masseto, is leaving Tuscany for Bordeaux to take up a new position at Château Lascombes, classified second growth in Margaux. It was announced yesterday (23rd March), that Heinz was stepping down as estate director at Ornellaia and Masseto. His role will officially come to an end this summer. Heinz joined the Bolgheri estate in 2005. His 18-year tenure was marked by ‘massive development and success’ said CEO Giovanni Geddes, which, he added, wer ...
The word of the wine: Rough
Wine without finesse with rough tannins.