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Stellenbosch has been selected as the global meeting point this November for a prestigious, multi-disciplinary congress on Chenin Blanc, a grape variety regarded as key to the future of wine growing. One of the world’s most heat-tolerant and versatile cultivars, it is South Africa’s signature white wine grape. The country has more Chenin vines planted than the rest of the world combined, but Chenin’s birthplace is the Loire in France.

 

A young Frenchman has launched the country’s first wine infused with cannabis in the heart of the Bordeaux wine-growing region. The mastermind behind the cannabis wine is Raphael De Pablo, the 28-year-old creator of the Burdi W brand. The wine is made from locally Petit Verdot grapes and infused with cannabidiol (CBD), one of the key substances found in cannabis.

 

 

 

 

 

Claude Courtois checking his barrels Soings-en-Sologne, Loire I had the opportunity to visit Claude Courtois again recently after Aaron who was planning to come in the area floated the idea to contact

 

 

Christophe Foucher on his tractor Couffi, Cher valley (Loire) I hadn't visited Christophe Foucher of La Lunotte since we spent time together a couple months ago in Oakland for Brumaire, the year natur