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The Chermettes in Quebec - May, 2010

  • 3 June 2010

In Quebec, there is a State monopoly represented by the Company of Alcohols of Quebec (SAQ) which has its own stores. It is a dynamic market and interested in Beaujolais wines. We …

Budding - April, 2010

  • 3 June 2010

Gérard has started budding. This operation consists in removing the unwanted buds on each vine to make pruning easier next winter. It also helps limit the number …

Tilling or shallow ploughing between the vines - April, 2010

  • 3 June 2010

The grass is beginning to grow. As part of our use of sustainable agricultural methods, we choose to weed using a ploughshare. Here you can see René and …

Bottling - March 2010

  • 3 June 2010

Our spring bottling started with Beaujolais Les Griottes 2009. It is carried out on the estate by Peguet, who bring their bottling line with them to Domaine du Vissoux.

Snow at Le Vissoux - February 2010

  • 1 March 2010

Snow covered Saint-Vérand for over two weeks. This was really good for the soil but put us behind in our pruning.

Trip to the USA - May 2009

  • 26 February 2010

The Chermettes take part in 3 tastings during a flying visit to New York, Chicago and Washington, where they joined their importer Peter Weygandt and his daughter Ida. They were …

Fairs; March and April 2010

  • 26 February 2010

We will be at the following fairs: - 20th and 21st March at La Vigne et le Vin in Villebarou (Blois). - 10-11-12 April Vinicircus in Hédé (Rennes).

Trip to Italy - August 2009

  • 26 February 2010

Martine and Pierre-Marie Chermette go to Italiy and visit their friends on their magnificent estates of Vajra in Barolo and Isole & Olena in the Chianti region.

Getting ready for the harvest on TF1 One o’clock news

  • 26 February 2010

A team from TF1 (the French mainstream commercial TV station) came to film us getting ready for the harvest for the One o’clock news of 24th August 2009. We would like to …

2009 grape harvest

  • 26 February 2010

The 2009 grape harvest, a vintage with exceptional promise. "I have never seen such great grapes both in quantity and quality in all our terroirs combined." Maurice Chermette 97 …

The Chermettes go skiing - February 2010

  • 26 February 2010

Martine and Pierre-Marie Chermette went to Tignes and visited two great restaurants that they highly recommend. Le Chalet l'Edelweiss on the Mangard au Fornet slope in Val …

The Chermettes in India - February 2010

  • 26 February 2010

Martine and Pierre-Marie Chermette prospecting the Indian market in Mumbai and Delhi. They discovered another world. The Indian importers we met gave us a warm welcome. Some of …