Après 9 jours (du 25/09 au 3/10), les vendanges sont terminées, une durée normale pour notre Domaine.
A l’heure du bilan :
- La compétence des équipes et leur implication quotidienne au cours de la période ...
Jeudi 25 Septembre, les premiers coups de sécateurs.
Quelle année !!!
Depuis Dimanche 14 Septembre, nous avons un temps ensoleillé, sec et venteux, idéal pour la maturation des raisins, mais que dire de Juillet - Août avec ses orages et son temps frais.
Cette année, plus que jamais, le travail dans ...
Article discusses terroir from an Australian’s standpoint and features Vega Sicilia (Spain) and William Fevre (Chablis). Mysteries of the land – Epicure – Entertainment – theage.com.au: “Take Chablis. How does the taste of the soil, and not just the soil itself but a solidified mass of 160-million-year-old oyster fossils that holds the soil together, come ...
Medium weight with good underlying acidity and complex fruits. Excellent potential. **(*) ...
Outstanding wine with a multifaceted nose of sweet fruit, gentle oakiness and gunflint. Excellent body with fine structure and length. ***(*) ...
“Du jamais vu! Les vendanges vont débuter aujourd’hui dans l’Yonne…” said the Yonne Republicaine, the largest newspaper in Chablis’ department. The date was August 21st, and the satellite appellations surrounding Chablis (near the village of Joigny) were to begin the earliest harvest in, well, a very, very long time. Chablis started a few days later ...
The Gaurdian offers its take on new vine heating systems using electric wires to combat frost developed with EDF, the French electricity board. The brief article does not name the two producers involved in the experiement. They are Domaine William Fèvre and Maison Bichot. Full article (in English): Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Hot ...
Le Parisien gives further details on the Bichot/Fèvre experiments using electric cables to heat vineyards in Chablis. Full article (in French): Des vignes chauffées à l’électricité ...
The Yonne Republicaine reports that a new method of frost protection is being tried. It is a joint effort between Maison Bichot and Domaine William Fèvre. The article includes a description of the method and a brief interview with Didier Séguier, régisseur of Domaine William Fèvre. Read the full article online (in French): On en ...