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Amphorae - Quevri, Tinaja & Co.

    The return of the amphora to modern viticulture is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating phenomena of the last two decades. Few ancient winemaking methods have received as much attention in the past fifteen years as ageing in these earthenware vessels, which have been used to make wine for around 4,000 years. The origins... 

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    Portrait - Matassa from Tom Lubbe

      How does a New Zealander who grew up in South Africa end up founding an iconoclastic winery in Roussillon? It's not exactly commonplace, but that's how it all is with Tom Lubbe of Domaine Matassa. In the late 90s, Tom worked at the only winery in South Africa that used spontaneous fermentation and low... 

      Rangen de Thann

      Rangen de Thann - A volcano in Alsace

        Tectonic faults and underwater volcanoes, 70 million years at work. They tore open the Upper Rhine Graben, separated the Vosges from the Black Forest, and lowered the Rhine by several kilometres. For thousands of years, Alsace, on the western side of the rift valley, was a conflict line and meeting zone where - like tectonics - currents of Latin and... 

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