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It’s Time for Straw Wine!
As December comes to an end, many vintners are now pressing the grapes they put aside at harvest time to…
Vinorama at Expogast!
The first issue of Vinorama has arrived! It will be at Luxexpo-The Box (Luxembourg-Kirchberg) from Saturday 24th to Wednesday 28th…
“These foudres embody efforts to hone our style”
Several of the outstanding cuvées that have emerged from Bernard Massard’s cellar in Grevenmacher were matured for several months in huge 3,700-litre oak barrels known as foudres. The use of these containers cherished by its CEO, Antoine Clasen, has become part of the company’s unique identity, and it purchased twelve…
Schumacher-Knepper – sights set on fizz!
Although its Alexandre de Musset crémant was first made back in 1995, the Schumacher-Knepper estate never really defined itself as a sparkling wine specialist. All that has now changed with three new cuvées added to its portfolio since 2018, the latest of which came out in May!
Yves Sunnen’s unusual gems
2018 was an outstanding year, which Yves Sunnen (Caves Sunnen-Hoffmann in Remerschen) realised sufficiently early to adapt his winemaking methods for certain wines. This led him to create a new collection, aptly christened Insolite (French for “unusual”), which, among other things features a Pinot Gris that’s … red!
Harvest time for the men in white coats
His role in Domaines Vinsmoselle is crucial, particularly in the autumn. Despite this, Jörg Schmitt only ever sees the vines from afar through the windows of his workplace in Wellenstein. At harvest time, the laboratory manager’s work is examined meticulously by all the cooperative’s oenologists.
