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A few words on the vine, the encounters, the choices of the maison.
Gobelet pruning: Beaujolais heritage, or economic trap?
When you walk our vines in Morgon or Chiroubles, you often see these low, gnarled stocks — like hands opened to the sky. That's the "Gobelet" cut.…
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Small harvest, big decision: why 2025 is a turning point for Maison Bugnazet
Let's be honest: when we saw the bins arrive at the winery this year, they were lighter than usual.…
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Why we're declaring war on Erigeron (and it's good news for your palate)
If you visited our vines this summer, you might have found the landscape bucolic. Green between the stocks looks lovely on a postcard. But for us, vignerons, it was a warning.…
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Transforming a vine: open-air precision surgery
In our last post, we explained why the "Gobelet" shape had become economically untenable for working our soils without chemistry. The solution? Trellising.…
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