Beaujolais Profile: Romuald Valot, Beaujeu
Radical permaculture and zero-zero vinification in the granite heights of Beaujeu.
In the remote, undervalued slopes of Beaujeu, Burgundian émigré Romuald Valot is smashing the idols of what we might call, with unavoidable irony, the Beaujolais natural wine establishment. Depending on who you ask, his radical, hands-off permaculture and zero-zero vinification are either visionary daring, or pure folly.
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Romuald Valot estab…