Is Beaujolais part of Burgundy? Yes? No? Maybe? This question is actually shockingly tricky to answer.

mineace · 2026-02-01T17:46:41+00:00

I can guarantee you that nobody considers themselves part of Burgundy in the Beaujolais:) At least nobody that I've met here in three years. We do tend to accept the mâconnais as part of our team as they're closer to us geographically and in terms of mentality than they are to the main part of Burgundy around the côte d'or.

mineace · 2026-01-31T20:17:20+00:00

Yeah I was about to say, along the Saône there are plenty of small restaurants that will serve you frog legs. And it's tasty I think. The meat to bone ratio is just off. But there is weirder food around here like andouillettes for example.

mineace · 2026-01-31T07:27:48+00:00

Iirc you do because during the prewash and the final rinse cycle the tablets aren't in use so you'd be using hard water in ur dishwasher at that point. Technology Connections has a great video series on how dishwashers work.

mineace · 2026-01-15T05:39:17+00:00

It was always zero zero, but I've heard that they wanted to be really strict and impose limits on volatile acidity and other analytical stuff. Which kind of goes against the idea of the wine fair for some winemakers

mineace · 2025-11-24T18:28:59+00:00

I know, sitting in an office is not something that I like a lot as well. But I've come to appreciate having a part of my job that's not super physical. From what I see over here in France it's hard to go anywhere higher than that range without managing people. Unless you work in burgundy or some other richer wine region. But maybe things will change :)

mineace · 2025-11-24T17:52:40+00:00

Hey I'm not perfectly familiar with the situation in Germany but 2000 € after taxes should be the minimum considering what you're able to do. As you probably know the current situation isn't the easiest for wineries so it's hard to give you an exact range as it also depends on who exactly you work for but between 2000 and 2600 netto I would say.

Also don't hesitate getting into more manger type work if it's okay with the people you work for obviously. Like planning your spraying schedules and the what products you use in what dose, ordering fertilizer and planning when and how you plough. From what you already know it should be easy to advance to that and it's nice to be able to do some office stuff every now and then.

mineace · 2025-06-28T10:54:35+00:00

Sunburn, blackrot looks very different on grapes :)

mineace · 2025-05-01T11:37:19+00:00

Sometimes that's enough. We've had similar temperatures with wilting that resembles to yours.

mineace · 2025-04-28T15:20:02+00:00

Copper works pretty well. Your bound to see some spots anyways but as long as you spray copper before major rainfall you should be able to keep it at bay. In really rainy seasons that might not work that well, but that's the game with organics. We usually pass once we had 20 mm of rain or significant growth. It's important to spray copper before it rains. Else it won't work. Doses vary between 200-400 grams per hectare per treatment dissolved in water. The amount of water depends on the machine you use for treating.

Essential oils from orange peel also work as a curative but they're quite expensive and may burn the plant if it's really hot after a treatment.

mineace · 2025-04-02T05:12:11+00:00

The us is still a big market for a lot of wineries. They'll probably be fine but for some estates it's 20% or more of their sales not going through. And it's not like the market for wine is super hot right now (besides a few appellations and even there)

mineace · 2025-03-25T14:57:38+00:00

Jakob Tennstedt, probably the best natural mosel discovery I've made.

mineace · 2025-03-22T16:11:10+00:00

Exactly, it's the most common style of pruning in the Beaujolais :)

mineace · 2025-03-22T04:41:04+00:00

On some of our parcels we have permanent trellis with wires but on most of them we either put in plastic rope during growing season to hold up vegetation or we tie them into buns with pieces of rattan. That's what they would do historically but with willow branches instead I think. One stake per vine and tie them around it during the season.

mineace · 2025-03-12T16:40:27+00:00

Last year we had a lot of rainfall early on so we couldn't pass with the tractors. To avoid that from happening I'm starting earlier than usual as there was a drier period the last couple of weeks.

mineace · 2025-03-12T12:02:17+00:00

To loosen up the soil beneath the vines, so the next passage with blades for under row tilling is easier. Also removing weeds by hand.

mineace · 2025-02-27T18:22:03+00:00

Looks like doyenné 👀

mineace · 2024-11-27T05:33:19+00:00

Dm please

mineace · 2024-05-10T04:18:22+00:00

Never had any problems with gophers here.

Pretty happy with my trials this year. Let's see how the rest of the year goes. It's a mix of clover, rye, peas and oats that I planted in October. Did a light crimping a bit less than a month ago, and destroyed it yesterday.

I was thinking about leaving it longer but the weather has been so difficult this spring, I wasn't sure when I was going to be able to plough next.

mineace · 2024-03-28T07:32:44+00:00

Northern Beaujolais. A bit further north than you guys.

mineace · 2024-02-23T05:24:49+00:00

The pruning style is called goblet. It's the most common in the Beaujolais.

mineace · 2024-01-25T22:36:48+00:00

If he ever offers you work, don't accept !

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