I'm trying to post a video about a Chinonais vigneron and his winery in Panzoult, just 6 or 7 miles east of the town of Chinon. Here's what I've come up with. The aspect ratio is not right — the people look too tall and skinny. Anyway, See what you think. I can enlarge the video image on my Android tablet by "unpinching" it. Maybe that will work on your tablet too.
The young vigneron, named Nicolas, was in the process of taking over his family's business from his parents. His father doesn't seem pleased with his new grape-growing style, in which some of the grapes on each vine are cut early and left to rot on the ground. The theory is that the remaining grapes will be of better quality because some of their competition for nutrients has been eliminated. As a result, the wines will be better. Each video in this series runs for about six minutes.
Interesting little video snippet. It must be hard for parents to hand over their life's work to the next generation, when the next generation is telling them that they've not been doing it the best way all these years ::)
ReplyDeleteAfter the war agriculture began to change, with more chemicals, I think the younger generations have decided it’s better and healthier to return to a less, organic process. There is stress, because that’s your annual income in the field, tough to lose that.
ReplyDeleteThat's what has happened in the Renaudière vineyard, where we live. The daughter is the fourth generation of her family to run the winery. She's gone organic all the way, I think. Her parents and grandfather used a lot of herbicides and insecticides on the grapes. The Renaudière vineyard is part of the Touraine Chenonceaux appellation, so prices are definitely going up.
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