NOT DRINKING POISON

NOT DRINKING POISON

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Emergent northern terroirs in French natural wine.

Aaron Ayscough
Apr 02, 2021
∙ Paid
Stéphane Cyran’s cordon-trained pinot noir.

Commercial wine-growing in the serene clay-limestone hills west of Nancy has historically been little more than source of Champagne négoçiant purchases, particularly before the initial delimitation of the Champagne production zone in 1927. The region’s local specialty, a feather-light vin gris based on gamay, h…

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