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The Farmhouse TV & Film production from The Netherlands has launched, on 18th March 2018 a new cinematic documentary series called "Wine Master".  http://farmhousefilm.com/ The series tells the stories of some of the most prestigious wine-growing families in 5 different wine regions of France, the storytelling of the terroir, taste, and tradition.  The viewers learn about the  family stories, their  personal drive, and origins, history of the best grapes varieties and vineyard management sharing their skill, passion, task division.  Those families are:  - E. Guigal from the Rhone Valley - Bourgeois family from Sancerre in the Loire Valley - Chateau Angelus from Saint Emilion with the De Bouard family - Drouhin family from Beaune Burgundy - Trimbach family from Alsace  The Series is filmed and directed by Marc Waltman & Klass de Jong, the editor Manfred Poppenk, line-producer Yael Water, sound design Wart Wamstek...

Mark Angeli in 1984 decided to settle in the Loire a man from Marseilles, creating his little Domaine Ferme De La Sansonnière in Anjou in the village Thourace. Eight hectares of vineyards as well Breton cows “Le Pois noir”, which produces top quality manure, two hectares of wheat and an orchard of 3000 square meters. Mark uses electricity from solar panels, he is heated by a wood heater, travels on a car with compressed air, and uses a rectified tractor working with sunflower oil, grown by himself. The vines are not plowed, but only buttage (is a cultural operation which consists in bringing back the earth in the form of "butte" at the foot of the plants) is the practice used, while the grass is removed only when strictly necessary. The vines grow without any support so they can enjoy maximum lighting on both sides. The same philosophy is followed in the cellar: only the perfectly berries ripe and healthy are vinified; most of the operations are performed man...

Oltrepo Pavese in Lombardia region, there is a small village Broni where a man Lino Maga make very interesting wines under the denomination Barbacarlo a cru monopole for a specific hill 4 hectares on 300-meter elevation on tufaceous soil with an average of vines around 50 years with southwest exposition. Lino Maga had a legal battle with the authority to make sure this monopole of a single hills was recognized as their own property, and had is own denomination. This story with the institution went over for 23 years. No one can called a wine Barbacarlo expect for them. Barbacarlo is a subzone of the Oltrepo Pavese DOC. The grapes are Ughetta, Uva Rara and the main important one is Croatina, natural fermentation and the use of old barrels make this wines very distinctive and never looks the same. On the other side of the Barbacarlo hill, there is another cru called Montebuono which adding the Barbera to the blend. We had a dinner lat...

This little area in the north part of Piemonte region is a land where the Nebbiolo drive on particular climate condition and soil type; give a different expression of this King grape varieties. Heroic viticulture (terrace vineyard) with high phosphorous, lime and clay soil. The Nebbiolo locally called Spanna made here, it is still having a great aging potential, however the different soil and this more austere climate definitely 100% continental, will give to the wines fresh crispy tension acidity but with more fine elegant tannin with the core of minerality your aspect on the brother Barolo and Barbaresco. This area is encapsulated near the Maggiore lake and the Monte Rosa a mountain of 4600 meter which is very important to determine the microclimate of this wine regions; this mountain is the second biggest in Europe. Help to stop the cold current air from northern Europe and in the hottest summer bring fresh air to optimize the ripeness of Nebbiolo at nigh...

Cornas is an A.O.C. in the southern part of the northern Rhone Valley, it is an enclave outside the river valley influence. A granite filled slopes mostly entire planted with vines which produce a red wine with Syrah. Cornas due the warm current air coming from the Toulaud Valley south of Saint Peray makes the syrah ripening easier than the heart of Saint Joseph appellation.  Cornas ripening at least a week ahead of the neighborhood Hermitage.  The granite soil provides a good core of minerality with a pebbly dry stony texture on the finish of the palate.  Cornas vineyards are spread around 110 hectares with three zones: Northern Zone:  with granite and limestone, the wine is always fresh with a relative altitude of around 250 meters. Tannins are more notable in the lower slopes where more clay is found.  Main vineyards are Les Arlettes, Les Eygas, Jouvet not present on the map above.  Central...

Serralunga is one of the 11 communes of Barolo and accounts for 16.50% of the production of this great wine "Barolo". Serralunga is considered one of the most age-worthy complexes Barolo with the white soil locally called Serravallian internationally Helvetian from a Miocene era [chalky beige light in color, loser calcareous and less fertile, high level of iron and phosphorous with sandstone and limestone]. This type of soil with Nebbiolo planted on top, is a Terroir result of a nervous wine with great acidity, tannin structure, and lots of energy. This commune makes commonly a masculine Barolo with power and maximal arousal tannin at a young age; however with time the aging potential is out of control. Barolo produced in Serralunga can be dated from 1858 when King Vittorio Emanuele chose to create his own Barolo estate. More than 30 crus make up this fantastic commune, by Italian legislation, this is called MENZIONE GEOGRAFICHE AGGIUNTIVE. For many connoisseurs,...