The return of the Mark – Vosne 2023
DOMAINE MICHEL GROS VENDANGE SEPT 2023 – JOURNEY TO ARRIVAL Bonjour tout la monde (as one says, en France, in a plural greeting to a number of folk e.g arriving for breakfast) 😊 ! I’ve really, really, missed 2 years away from my spiritual second ‘home’ on the Cote… Read More
Arnaud & Sophie – 2019
Tasted with Sophie Noellat and Arnaud Sirugue in Vosne-Romanée, 02 October 2020. Arnaud and Sophie Sirugue-Noellat 5 Place de la Maire 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 6 37 42 92 18 www.domainearnaudetsophie.com (not yet connected) Sophie Noellat and Arnaud Sirugue represent two important branches of producers in… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 11-Sep-20 – day 10 – the last post-script!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – (Postscript) Vendange Day 10, Saturday 12th Sept 2020 On this, my next to last morning, I awoke to eery quiet, alone in the domaine premises. I omitted to mention in my Day 9 record just how seriously hot & humid it had… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 11-Sep-20 – day 9 – post-script!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – (Post) Vendange Day 9, Friday 11th Sept 2020 The morning after the night before ! Whilst our working vendange was now over, as I’ve mentioned previously it has been my habit in recent years to look to stay on in Burgundy… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 10-Sep-20 – day 8 – the last!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day 8, Thursday 10th Sept 2020 So, here we are, our final day of the Covid vendange. For me, it was anybody’s guess where we’d be going this morning, where we might finish, and how much of the day we’d… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 09-Sep-20 – day 7
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Seven, Wednesday 9th Sept 2020 The initial whispers of a finish on Thursday had been officially confirmed by the time we gathered for Day 7’s activities & embarked the vehicles. Another fantastic, beautiful morning, weather wise. I can’t recall… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 08-Sep-20 – day 6
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Six Tuesday 8th Sept 2020 In summary this was a day of Bourgogne ‘a go go’ – with a gossip twist as to when the end of the full vendange might come for us. A vendange might sound a compelling… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 07-Sep-20 – day 5
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Five, Monday 7th Sept 2020 Day 5:- Amazing how, for me, the vendange takes one away from it all, especially without regular wi-fi access. No newspapers & no TV. Almost total escapism into another world – no bad thing lol… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 06-Sep-20 – day four
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Four, Sunday 6th Sept 2020 The first part of the afternoon of this day was one of the most downright difficult & unpleasant picking experiences I’ve had in Burgundy in 13 harvests. Passage of time has done nothing to alter… Read More