• »Les Roches«: a Chinon from 1989

  Tasting a quite legendary Cabernet Franc

• Meeting Norman re. labels

  Norman is a good friend and the graphic designer I work with in regards to the design of my first wine's label

• An interview with Romain Cole

  Romain Cole's »Es brutal !« is a book that features interviews, in French, with various winegrowers and -makers in Catalonia

• Tasting wine with Sylvain

  12 wines tasted in one evening

• »Es brutal !« – Romain Cole’s foreword

  Preparing for the interview with Romain Cole

• Frank Cornelissen and Gvantsa Otskhanuri

  Great rosé wines from Sicily and Georgia

• How I travel to the Loire

  (»By train«, that's the quick answer)

• Label copy

  What might go on the front label of my first wine

• Introducing Fabien Perréard’s »Le Nadir«

  Fabien makes stunning wines so I asked him a few questions

• (Other) wines tasted at the Loire in March

  What tasting notes can be for

• Visiting Sylvain Leest

  It all started with this Menu Pineau

• Amicalement vin

  The local wine shop I like visiting

• Pruning and manuring

  Typical work in the vines – in March

• Tractor, tulips, cellar

  A relatively short working day in Vouvray

• Vintage 2021 – tasting the barrels

  Tasting my wine for the first time since the harvest in September 2021

• Back in Vouvray – a busy day

  So much can happen in just one day

• Cédric Fleury

  An interview with the vigneron whose domaine is called Les Gauchers

• Clipping service Ellen Hossbach

  My mom reads the newspaper whilst thinking of me

• How I became a wine agent

  … by selling Thomas Puéchavy's 2019 vintage to the world

• My first Bordeaux

  Two bottles of Château La Tour Carnet from 1983, bought on Ebay

• Labeling

  Bottles will only be labelled when an order is about to be picked up

• Bottling by hand, visiting Marie Rocher

  DIY bottling, followed by a trip to see winemaker Marie Rocher

• Visiting Thibault Stéphan, meeting Fabien Perréard

  Back in Saumur

• Pruning (day four)

  My right hand hurt a bit, so I took care of other things, too

• Pruning (day three)

  Featuring wire ropes, rubber bands and a wheelbarrow

• Bottling, tasting and taking notes, topping up

  »Pleased with it, nice balance, good acidity, like 6«

• Pruning (day two)

  »Pruning – I like it.«

• Another fair

  Featuring Cyrille Sevin, Ariane Lesne and Alexis Hudon

• In the vineyard; preparing for the bottling

  Bundling branches of wood, collecting dead trunks, repairing posts, tying up ropes, Jungheinrich action

• Pruning (day one)

  My first day of pruning ever!