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Saisons, back to basics
Rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare, a street name befitting a finder of fine products. Mariette, the banker, has become a shopkeeper. If she's one of those diploma-holders who give up a promising career to change their life, Mariette is full of common sense and humanity. Her infectious smile underpins a thoughtful approach that's resolutely human. By Florence
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Saisons, back to basics
Rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare, a street name befitting a finder of fine products. Mariette, the banker, has become a shopkeeper. If she's one of those diploma-holders who give up a promising career to change their life, Mariette is full of common sense and humanity. Her infectious smile underpins a thoughtful approach that's resolutely human. By Florence
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Dare to celebrate Valentine's Day
Whip the cream, slip sweet nothings into a soft cheese, bite into an egg .... It's time to find the crazy idea that will rekindle the flame of Valentines and Valentines. Cœur à prendre, cœur dejà pris c'est le jour D.... Shock and charm ideas. By Fsm
Great Bordeaux wines at caviste prices in your restaurants
From March 15 to April 15, 30 restaurants will be offering table service at wine shop prices.
Champagne Collet opens the "Bubble Suite" at the Hilton Paris Opéra and launches "Bubble Time".
Inaugurated on January 18, Champagne bar Bubble Suite by Champagne Collet revisits the aperitif moment and, like Tea Time, launches "Bubble Time": a selection of Champagnes paired with aperitif bites and cocktail creations, to be enjoyed in a chic, Art Deco atmosphere.
Vignon: the slopes of Verzenay
Vignon Père et Fils mainly produces champagne, but the owners, who come from a family of winegrowers, work on this Grand Cru terroir to produce a rare wine: coteaux champenois.Made exclusively from black grapes, coteaux champenois are red wines produced in the region in very limited quantities. Most are used to make rosé blends, and only a few hectoliters are bottled, with or without vintage. Coteaux Champenois can be produced anywhere in Champagne, but Verzenay, along with Bouzy, Ambonnay and Vertus, are the most renowned.Against all odds 2014Here's a Pinot with a demonstrative, very juicy bouquet that immediately suggests intoxicating hints of stone, morello cherry and wild raspberry, enhanced by a refreshing hint of menthol. On the palate, fluid and digestible, it evokes crisp fruit, vigorously punctuated by the salivating freshness typical of great northern-latitude Pinots. 15/20
Belles Bouteilles de fêtes
To slip under the Christmas tree and open with the family, this is the season for beautiful bottles. Here are two gift ideas to remember. One to give, the other to open.
Christine Guérard
Christine Guérard has passed away. A great lady and a beautiful person, she who, with her husband Michel, made the Chaîne Thermale du Soleil inherited from her father shine. If culinary excellence and tender gourmandise were Michel's, Christine brought festive refinement and bucolic charm to Eugénie, making it the most beautiful resort in France. Gault&Millau extends its deepest sympathy to her family, Michel and her daughters.
The Wine Tour in Paris
The Gault&Millau Wine Tour, designed to bring together all those involved in wine and cuisine, is coming to Paris on October 09 for the final date of its 2017 tour. Trophy awards, networking and gourmet tastings are on the agenda for this not-to-be-missed event!
Competition, 7 French chefs win the Bocuse d'Or
In the space of thirty years, no fewer than 15 international chefs have won the great Bocuse d'Or culinary competition. Among them, seven French chefs have stood out thanks to their creativity, perseverance and genius. Let's take a closer look at these extraordinary personalities. By Clémence Rouyer - © Bocuse d'Or
Historically low" production for 2017
Traditionally, the first wine production estimates from Agreste, a website of the French Ministry of Agriculture, are published in July, and this year's findings are very interesting.
At between 37 and 38 million hectolitres, the harvest could be down almost 17% on the 2016 vintage and almost 16% on the 2011-2015 period.
The spring frost, which affected Bordeaux, Alsace, Cognac and Jura, resulted in very significant yield losses, higher in some places than the terrible 1991 vintage.
However, a very warm late spring, rainy spells and favorable weather brought the phenological cycle forward by 10 to 20 days. And even if water reserves are deficient in some basins, such as Alsace, South-East France and Corsica, this vintage is shaping up well in terms of quality.
InChampagne, damage caused by spring frost is less severe than last year, and disease pressure is low. As a result, the vineyard is 10 days ahead of schedule and production is forecast to rise by 8%.
InBurgundy and Beaujolais, although frost affected the Cluny and Chablis vineyards, flowering went well. A forecast increase of around 14% is on the cards. In Beaujolais, forecasts do not take into account the hailstorms of recent days.
InAlsace, frost has severely affected production. An anticipated drop of 30% compared with 2016 is cited, with the aggravating factor of coulure on early-ripening grape varieties such as Gewurztraminer, as well as a few cases of coulure on Riesling.
In Bordeaux, production will be severely affected by the April frost. Even though vegetation is 2 to 3 weeks ahead of schedule, yields are expected to drop by around 18%.
In the Loire Valley, the frost affected the vineyards in a very scattered manner, and conditions can vary from one village to the next, sometimes from one row of vines to the next. Production is expected to rise by 7%.
In the Rhône Valley, although frosts are to be deplored in the Ardèche and the north of the region, the main factor reducing yields will be "coulure" on the Grenache grape variety. A drop of 6% compared to 2016 is cited.
In the South-East, frost and hail damaged some plots, but in a heterogeneous manner. However, the water deficit is marked and could lead to a drop in production of around 10%.
Finally, in Corsica, the increase in surface area will enable production to be maintained despite some frost episodes. Vegetation is a week ahead of schedule.
A look back at the Alsace leg of the Gault&Millau Wine Tour
In line with Gault&Millau's constantly reaffirmed commitment to bringing together all those involved in gastronomy, the Wine Tour brings together the region's top chefs, passionate sommeliers and wine merchants, and of course the French winemakers who best symbolize the region's wine production.
10 Gault&Millau Young Talents talk gastronomy with Emmanuel Macron
At the initiative of Côme de Chérisey, Managing Director of Gault&Millau, Minister Emmanuel Macron last night welcomed 10 young chefs, all winners of our Dotation pour les Jeunes Talents, for a working dinner on the conditions for successful entrepreneurship in the restaurant industry.
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