Brut- Es
Mulhouse, Alsace ,France , The destination for one of the largest natural wine fairs in Europe ,the last big one of the year , and one of the best. Organised by the same mob as salon du vin libres , not just for it’s natural wines but also for it’s aesthetics and artist appeal , Set in a pre war industrial area of cotton and textiles mills set in a dystopian grid system that you could imagine german paneers rolling down the wide cobbled streets , the streets still lined with train tracks for ease of transportation. I love urban decay ..They call it the Manchester of France , as it was France’s main cotton industry as was manchester’s a town of just over 100,000 people , Manchester over a million during the industrial revolution reminded me a lot of my home town ..same size lots of abandoned mills and factories..quite and artist place now..The Venue Motoco is the star of the show , and old cotton mill that’s has been converted to an events space , a large industrial hall with 3 halls , huge windows that let the light flood in , essential for weavers to operate all those years ago , you can feel the history stepping out of the brickwork.
Motocco
The gang at Motoco have done a great job in the artistic layout of the venue with huge hand painted abat-jours . and well spaced out with Book Sellers , Coffee and beer stalls and second hand retro clothing stalls swell or course 90 plus wine , cider and sake stands. a large outdoor area where the food stalls and trucks are , always superb.
The place was absolutely packed , seems to be the best way for winemakers to sell , promote their wines , and i for one think its fab , saves a lot of time and expense not to mention the environmental foot print of traipsing through Europe to visit individual wine makers , this is ok if your going to be buying a shit load off wine but really ..this is the future ..
Stunning Ciders from Pomologik / Sweden based in Strängnäs, Sweden , Working as a coop where locals bring wild apples to be pressed.
Grand vin de Barnag
Bence Szilagy a charming man from Hungary having a few wines to taste , all farmed organically himself located in Barnag. we tasted Szubkultura grapes are picked earlier 7 days maceration. Then matured for a year in local Oak Barrels with unfiltered, unfined, and contains no added sulphur . A lovely Riesling.
Then matured for a year in local Oak Barrels with unfiltered, unfined, and contains no added sulphur . A lovely Riesling.
Clément Bony of Bonyvresse
Based in Lansac in Pyrénées-orientales
Nuit de feu was on to taste , a lovely assemblageof Cinsault ,Grenache Noir , Mourvèdre , Grenache Blanc.
His second year as a negotiate wine maker and has produced a lovely non sulphated wine.
Le Bois Dieu
Always a please to taste Salma et Frédéric wines , they are stunning , Purple Rain a gameret , one of my favourite grapes a nod to there friend in Geneva , where the grape is revered , light , tangy , fruity and a pleasure to drink.
Les Bienveillantes made from Gamay Grapes planted on 1939 , another stunner , Floral and spicy a well balanced wine..a must try for gamy lovers.
Getting Here
Mulhouse is conveniently located near the Swiss , French and German Border
Closest Airport is Basel Europort with regular flights with Easyjet to multiple european citys.
https://www.euroairport.com/en
Hotels are plentiful in Mulhouse but Mulhouse is very close to the Alsace wine region which is a more preferable place to stay.
Whos here
Domaine Kumpf et Meyer / Julien Albertus
Domaine du Petit Bouchon / Vincent Larcelet
Jean Pierre & Sophie Rietsch
Domaine Bohn / Arthur Bohn
Domaine Dietrich / Léonard Dietrich
Yannick Meckert
Domaine In Black / Lambert Spielmann NEW
Gérard Schueller & Fils / Bruno Schueller
Domaine Jean-François Ginglinger
Domaine Pierre Frick / Jean Pierre, Chantal FRICK
Domaine Christian Binner
Le Clos Liebau / Sébastien Schwach-Burkard
Les vins Pirouettes / Rémi Ségura
Domaine Clé de Sol / Simon Baltenweck
Pierre Weber
Domaine Kleinknecht / Jules & Fanny Kleinknecht NEW
Les Jardins en Chantant / Gabriel Willem
Jura
Octavin / Alice Bouvot
Domaine de la Bouchaude / Anne Petitot NEW
Lorraine
Du vin aux liens / Domaine de la légèreté / Vanessa Letort (Meurthe-et-Moselle) NEW
Domaine Les Innocents / Bruno Vacon (Meuse)
Du Haut des Champs / Jacques Bentz (Vosges) NEW
Bourgogne
Arnaud Chapuis (Côte d'Or)
Maison en Belles Lies / Pierre Fenals (Côte d'Or)
La Chaume des Lies / Margaux Rivaux et Galloo Lothar (Côte d'Or)
Delhomme & Co / Baptiste Delhomme (Yonne) NEW
Le Bois Dieu / Salma Cassam Chenaï & Frédéric Thiry (Brionnais)
Savoie
Domaine Curtet / Marie & Florian Curtet
Domaine les Côtes Rousses / Marielle et Nicolas Ferrand NEW
Domaine Giachino / Frédéric et David Giachino
Bordelais
Château Le Geai / Henri Duporge
Bugey
Les Mangeux d'Pierre / Emma Pomarel et Michaël Saux-Picart
La Combe aux Rêves / Grégoire Perron et Judicaëlle Cevasco
Provence
Domaine Delahaye / Antoine Delahaye
Beaujolais
Domaine Clotaire Michal / Clotaire Michal
Domaine Les Sauvageons / Romuald Valot NEW
Clos Bateau / Klok de Visser
Domaine du Moulin d'Éole / Famille Guérin
Laura Lardy
Champagne
Romain Hénin
Auvergne
Domaine La Bohème / Patrick Bouju
No Control / Vincent Marie
Loire
Domaine la Paonnerie / Marie Carroget (Pays Nantais) NEW
Damien Bureau (Anjou) NEW
Cuatro Manos / Vincent Wallard (Anjou)
Alex Trévise (Touraine) NEW
Les Maisons Brûlées / Paulo & Corinne Gillet (Touraine)
Les gauchers / Cedric Fleury (Tourraine) NEW
Hervé Villemade (Touraine)
Roussillon
La Recerca et Zulu Wines / Jess Albero et Laurent Pujol (Catalogne Nord)
Rhône
Vin de Famille Scarlata / Guilhem Scarlata (Gard) NEW
La Ferme de l'Arbre / Colette & Christian Lericq (Ardèche)
Andréa Calek (Ardèche)
Le Mazel / Gérald Oustric (Ardèche) NEW
Le Clos des Cîmes / Elodie Aubert (Drôme)
Sud Ouest
Domaine AntocyÂme / Muriel Zoldan (Tarn-et-Garonne)
Ferme Bois Moisset / Philippe & Hyppolyte Maffre (Gaillacais) NEW
Melsolo / Mélanie Kröber (Gaillacais) NEW
Domaine les Buis / Pauline Broqua (Aveyron) NEW
Languedoc
Le Jardin super / Sébastien Godret (Aude) NEW
Es d'Aqui / Jean-Louis Pinto (Aude et alentours)
Le Petit Domaine / Aurélien Petit (Hérault)
Mas Troqué / Christelle Duffours (Hérault)
Clos Fantine / Carole, Olivier & Corinne Andrieu (Hérault)
Domaine Grégory White / Grégory White (Hérault)
Allemagne
& Handwein / Eric Carstensen
Weingut Thomas Harteneck
JPB Winemaking / Jan-Philipp Bleeke
Winzerhof Linder / Ronald Linder NEW
Wohlfahrt Franke / Yvette et Florian NEW
Weingut Hubert Lay
Collective Z / Christoph Ziegler
Autriche
Weingut Ploder Rosenberg / manuel Ploder et Selina Weratschnig NEW
Weingut Andreas & Elisabeth Tscheppe
Bio weingut Lehner / Sigrid et Erwin Lehner
Fritz Salomon / Brigit @ Frritz Salomon NEW
Suisse
Hauksson Wine / Hoss Hauksson NEW
Pur raisin / Arnaud Siegfried NEW
La Riva / Benjamin Dupas NEW
Maison Vulpin / Jordi Renard NEW
Slovenie
Štemberger wine / Sebastianj Štemberger NEW
Janko Štekar NEW
Georgie
Domaine Lase's Marani NEW
Domaine Uetiketo / Nika Endeladze NEW
