A week around Rhône vines and wines...

The invitation card for the 5th edition of "Incontournable" wine tasting at La Mère Germaine


Dear wine lovers,

I am very sorry but days are flying and I have no time for a classic edition this week. I had a quite busy week and the next will be very special since we are signing the final papers for the acquisition of our vineyard...tomorrow !

Therefore, you will find below some pictures of my past week around the Rhône vines and wines. While I am still pruning our future vines which are now blooming, I found a lot of ladybugs. I also attended some great wine tasting since it was the week of "Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône" and had the privilege to attend the one of "Incontournables" in Châteauneuf-du-Pape that I have tried to share with you thanks to the wine stains I put on the invitation card.

I will be back with you next week with a more classic edition.

Cheers,

Jean-Marc Espinasse

March 13th
Found some lots of ladybugs while pruning in the vines...which means that they have been treated with respect and that live is there !

March 14th
Vines are blooming...too early. Hope we won't get frost in a few weeks !


March 15th
Wine tasting of Cairanne wines in Avignon and, as usual, the wines from Domaine Rabasse Charavin have delighted me. Then I went to the super tasting of Rhône Vignobles.

March 16th
The big event of Châteauneuf-du-Pape: "Les incontournables". Guess which wine was my preferred between these 3 big bottles ?


At the tasting, I met with Jacqueline Friedrich, a wonderful Francophile woman writer who made this great book on French wines :