Vivit 2014 @ Vinitaly
Vivit is the fair in the fair. Vinitaly the most biggest wine fair in Italy. Inside it there is a space dedicated to the production of natural wine around the world. This year I spend a couple days inside there and I did find really interesting wine and confirmed my self with some wine I really loved previously. I' ll focus this post on the producer where present at the exhibition: Eric Texier is a small vigneron based in Brèzème a small appellation in the northern Rhone below further south of Cornas. It is a great charming man talking with him was a great pleasure and I love the pure expression of the grapes and the Terroir his wine showing. We talk about the oldest producer of Rhone Valley peoples like Raymond Trollat in S. joseph, Marie Gentaz in Cote Rotie and Noel Verset in Cornas; unfortunately this are producer not long any more in the market they retired and I'm chasing them to try. Talking with Texier i understood how important they are and how this...