Here is the portrait of an Alsatian winemaker who made the choice, a few years ago, of organic farming and winemaking. A peaceful man, far away any biofundamentalism who doesn’t only think about environment but also act according to it, to finally produce in the greatest respect of his Terroir, a wine who looks like him,…
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Discovering Lucas Fays, from Champagne Philippe Fays
A month ago, during a wine trip from Torgny (Belgium) to Pupillin in the Jura, I made a stop in Celles-sur-Ource, charming small village in the region of Aube (Champagne) renowned for the number and the quality of its winemakers. I met Lucas Fays, the son of Philippe Fays, creator of the eponym’s estate. The…
Nicolas Faure, Birth of a Winery
Sometimes we are lucky to have the opportunity to follow an estate from the beginning, and I can proudly say I’ve got that luck with Nicolas Faure, owner of the small eponym winery located in Meuilley, small village in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. I met Nicolas, then neo-winemaker, by chance : I was sitting on…