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Hi Bertrand, I discovered your blog a while back but with lockdown, I'm getting caught up! I live near Saint-Germain-en-Laye, go to the market from time to time and never saw that wine, pretty interesting-I'll look closer next time for some such bottles. My town, Beynes, is about 15 km southwest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and we have a tiny Patrimoine vineyard planted with chardonnay that produces about 1200 bottles at best farmed by members of the association here in town, I guess I should join someday! https://vigneronsdebeynes.blog4ever.com/photos/le-vin-les-coteaux-de-beynes. And also nearby, the Winerie Parisienne just outside Paris planted 10 hectares of vines on the plain of Versailles near Davron, their site explains what they are going for. http://www.winerieparisienne.fr/vignoble
On another note, It was cool to see the folks from Oregon House on your blog. I lived near there before moving to France and had never heard of Renniasnce until last year in the New York Times, fascinating history. Next time I go back, I'll try to stop in and visit them along with Absentee that I saw your post about. I also used to live in Inverness for about a year in 2005. Stay safe, look forward to more posts!
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Paris wine (Angers coming soon after this) Here is a very unusual bottle that I found on a flemarket in Paris very recently : This Vin des Grottes 2005 is made from a small 20-are vineyard of Pinot Noir planted near the chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye west of Paris. The region is a bit too no...
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