The first edition of Biojolaise, organised by the Beaujolais organic producers, will be held on Monday 11th April starting at 10am and continuing into the night. It will be held at the old distillery of Saint-Lager (69).

 

As well as some 14 organic Beaujolais producers, there will be a few producers from other parts of France including three from La Loire: Domaine du Picatier (see Richard Kelley's profile) and Domaine des Pothiers Romain Paire (see Richard Kelley's profile) from the Côte Roannaise and from Anjou – Domaine Pithon-Paillé-Jo Pithon.

Further information from http://labiojolaise.blogspot.com

Sébastien David, Bourgueil with his best decanter
(See earlier post here)

More photos from the Renaissance tasting.

Catherine and Philippe Delesvaux (Anjou)

Pascale Bonnaventure, Château de Coulaine, Chinon

Richard Leroy (Anjou)

Jo Pithon

Eddy Oosterlinck, Domaine de Juchepie (Layon)

Patrick Baudouin, Anjou

Coulée de Serrant: grapes in late September

Some fine notes here on The Wine Lovers Forum on a recent trip to the Loire in mid-October by Oswaldo Costa. Includes visits to René Mosse, Richard Leroy, Jo Pithon and Coulée de Serrant – very sorry to hear that Nicolas Joly apparently suffered a slight stroke recently and trust that he will soon be fully recovered.*   

Read the notes here. My thanks to Albertan Bob for informing me about this post.

Nicolas Joly

* Very pleased to hear from Nicolas that it was nothing serious:

'pas de probleme Jim , c'etait juste une petite protestation de l'organisme devant les avions, aeroport, et hotels plein de giga hertz par le WIFI . 
 

Il y a des tissus et des vetements qui protegent  totalement de ces frequences qui ne conviennent pas du tout a l'homme ( Steiner l'avait deja prevu  au debut du 2O eme siecle ...comme la vache folle du reste) je vais m'equiper !!!

Merci de ton mail

Nicolas'