• »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!

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