Weeds can cause declassification in Beaujolais?

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mark meyer

mark meyer
Was looking at Jimsloire.blogspot.com and he has posted this:

There is a very good but disturbing post (7th September) on Herv Lalau's Chroniques Vineuses about the weed police in the Beaujolais. No it isn't April Fool's Day they really do have people from an organisation called Le CIBAS employed by the ODG du Beaujolais (l'Organisme de Dfense et de Gestion de l'AOC) employed by the appellation to visit vineyards to check on the state of the weeds. If your vineyard is too weedy then those vines may be declassified and the wines won't have to right to be called Beaujolais etc
 
originally posted by mark meyer:
Weeds can cause declassification in Beaujolais?Was looking at Jimsloire.blogspot.com and he has posted this:

There is a very good but disturbing post (7th September) on Herv Lalau's Chroniques Vineuses about the weed police in the Beaujolais. No it isn't April Fool's Day they really do have people from an organisation called Le CIBAS employed by the ODG du Beaujolais (l'Organisme de Dfense et de Gestion de l'AOC) employed by the appellation to visit vineyards to check on the state of the weeds. If your vineyard is too weedy then those vines may be declassified and the wines won't have to right to be called Beaujolais etc
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Legalize it. Don't criticize it.
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
They want to steal the vineyard management crown from the Chateauneuf folks?
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I was thinking of the Champenois, meself.

Mark Lipton
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I've not heard of threats to withhold the AOC from Anselme Selosse or Bertrand Gautherot....
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
They want to steal the vineyard management crown from the Chateauneuf folks?
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I was thinking of the Champenois, meself.

Mark Lipton
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I've not heard of threats to withhold the AOC from Anselme Selosse or Bertrand Gautherot....
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They still have the minimum requirement of blue plastic bits in their vineyards.
 
Is there a mandated soil penetration, or is a core sample demonstrating the protective layer of empty Laughing Cow oyster-packages sufficient?
 
Maybe it's got something to do with the weed policeman's interpretation of rules regulating the production of Kosher Beaujolais. I was just reading that if you make kosher wine, you're not allowed to have anything growing between the rows. My thinking is this is to prevent you planting olive or date trees or even low veggies like broccoli or brussel sprouts, but an overzealous inspector looking for a big promotion might well interpret this to include cover crop or weeds. Just thinkin' out loud here. I mean, it is Rosh Hashanah, after all.

-Eden (and not that I've ever seen kosher Beaujolais)
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
Maybe it's got something to do with the weed policeman's interpretation of rules regulating the production of Kosher Beaujolais. I was just reading that if you make kosher wine, you're not allowed to have anything growing between the rows. My thinking is this is to prevent you planting olive or date trees or even low veggies like broccoli or brussel sprouts, but an overzealous inspector looking for a big promotion might well interpret this to include cover crop or weeds. Just thinkin' out loud here. I mean, it is Rosh Hashanah, after all.

-Eden (and not that I've ever seen kosher Beaujolais)
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www.kosherwine.com

-- Claude (enjoying a non-Kosher Beaujolais and not worrying the slightest about whether it's a sin because he's already been damned to hell for so many others, but worrying about what he says about Beaujolais in this life so that he doesn't lose his life savings).
 
Claude, that's an interesting link, particularly looking at the "reviews" and tasting notes following the pitch for the wine. Those folks are all over the place! My kosher wine class last night was illuminating. None of the wines were bad, but most were just sort of dull. The exceptions were the 2008 Herzog Chenin Blanc (which apparently took the last train from Clarksburg) and despite being a little shaken up showed just a hint of off-dryness and boatloads of what I'd consider Chenin Blanc character. The other impressive wine was the 2007 Capanes Peraj Habib, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, and Carignane from Montsant. It teetered on the edge of being new-worldy but not so much so that it was difficult to drink. It didn't lack for tannin, but after about 90 minutes the wine softened up and really came together. Nice dark fruit undertones both aromatically and on the palate were very enjoyable. Its $49 pricetag didn't seem overly excessive for a wine this good, and if it were averaged with the price of the Chenin ($8) it doesn't seem bad at all.

On the other side, the 2001 Lafon-Rochet ($60) was just okay, showing a Bordeaux-like profile but only half-heartedly so. The 2006 Bunan Ctes de Provence ($20) showed too much Cabernet Sauvignon and didn't strike me as having much to tie it to its Provencal (much less Bandol) origins. It had good intentions, but just didn't show well last night.

-Eden (still not ready to make the move to drinking kosher unless it's sort of obligatory)
 
Herzog's chenin ain't bad, but Weinstock's is much better. My grenache allergy has always kept me from enjoying the Capcanes. My go-to K wine these days is the "Queen Esther" Zweigelt from Hafner.
 
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