Jura wine, food and travel wink lorch explores this. I make my jura wine like i make the ones from burgundy. A book that uncovers the mystery of jura wines from france the people, culture, terroir and wines, plus local food and travel tips. Red and rose wines can be produced from poulsard, trousseau and pinot noir grapes, and white wines from chardonnay and savagnin. The cuisance river passes through the town, which has some pretty streets lined with ancient houses.
Latest on the best of france, french wine, french food, travel, holidays,events. Jura wine, british wine writer wink lorchs excellent new book about the fascinating wines of frances jura region, wouldnt exist without the internet. Yet thats only a portion of the wonderful wines that come out of jura. Exploring vineyards and local appellations is a guarantee of fruitful encounters both human and sensory. The regions wines are of high quality and there are many different wines to discover. With its continental climate, dry, cold winters and hot. My winewriting colleague wink lorch, who selfpublished jura wine, the first specialist book on the topic in english, is treated as a celebrity in new york. Domaine rolet, arbois vin jaune, jura, france, 2010 decanter. With local food and travel tips and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Under this unique winemaking technique, savagnin is picked extremely.
Fruitiere vinicole darbois wines of jura wine of jura. Auction ends in 5 days, 15 hours sunday, 7pm pacific buy wine. The maison rijckaert was created in 1998 by jean rijckaert, a passionate belgian established as wine producer in burgundy since 1990. Jacques puffeney, vin jaune, arbois, jura, france, 2006. The trousseau grape yields a pale, lightbodied wine that is a far cry from the dense, concentrated beasts typically paired with steak. Home of one of the fathers of microbiology, louis pasteur, the appellation takes its name from the small town of arbois, which is nestled away in the verdant jura countryside. Much of that information is also available in wink lorchs more. Ian cauble, master sommelier the calcerous soils of jura are perfect for chardonnay, fermented and aged in french oak barrels of 6 10 years of age, lees contact but no battonage wine mason. The jura region has some unusual wines, the vin juane is like a sherry quite intense. The wine production area is mostly around small towns of arbois and lons le saulnier. But few mainstream liquor stores, supermarkets or restaurants stock it, so what is the big deal about jura. Passion for jura was the name of the seminar and tasting which i recently attended in new york city, where i had an opportunity for the first time to really immerse into the fascinating world of one of the oldest wine. The wine is wellstructured, light in color and with a fruity flavor. The town centres on an arcaded central square where one can sample the local wines.
Not even the snobbiest white burgundy drinker can deny the structure, breedand unbeatable valueof this jura chardonnay. It has a lot of useful information, with photos, but in french, of course. Living partly in the french alps, only a couple of hours from the jura region, she has written about the regions wine, food and tourism for many international magazines and books. That wine is the 2006 domaine ganevat arbois trousseau, from the jura region of france. It was formed on 4 january 1906 at the instigation of 26 wine growers from the town of arbois. Trusted by millions to discover and buy the right wine every time. Arbois jura tourist office, tabac guineret, stephane tissot, brasserie aux. Wine bars from paris to tokyo via new york and san francisco sell it by the glass. The festival of the opening of the yellow wine cracks open the vintage produced six years and three months earlier. Discover the mysterious jura wine region of france on a private wine tour with wine travel guides to arbois and lons le saunier.
Villages take turns holding the twoday celebration, during which the juras nectar of the gods is blessed and rated. In 1936, the jura wine region of arbois was awarded. Domaine jeanlouis tissot, arbois vin jaune, jura, 2010. Heres a quick guide to the regions signature styles. Wink has been a writer and educator on wine for many years. Although the region is small, there is plenty to choose from. Arbois in eastern france is the jura wine regions mostprolific appellation for red, white and rose wines. The rose wines are produced by redwine vinification of the poulsard grape, strictly from the jura wine region.
Bkwine magazines henrik stadler was in place at a master class of jura in stockholm. People tend to talk of arbois wines when they mean jura wines, said. Arbois is the most important appellation in jura and the largest along with cotes du jura. In new york, i launched a kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the book, as well as providing the motivation of hundreds of people waiting for it. Wines carrying the four jura appellations of arbois, cotes du jura, letoile and chateauchalon are still pretty rare in the uk in my experience, even though those of natural wine pioneer pierre overnoy and gavenat can be found on some of our more adventurous wine lists. During your getaway, hit the jura or bugey wine routes insider itineraries featuring charming little villages and encounters with winegrowers who really love to share their passion. This fascinating book, the only one in english on these unusual wines, is beautifully written and edited, and essential to any wine lover with a taste for the. Traditionally made with savagnin grapes harvested as late as possible, the resulting wine is aged in oak barrels. Jura week 5 for the visitor to arbois david crossleys. Book publishers find it economically unfeasible to publish books on topics that may only interest a narrow group of readers. Literally yellow wine, vin jaune is jura s most famous style of wine.
Coming down into arbois, there is such an abrupt change of scenery and state of mind that your arrival calls for a pause. The finest of these, and juras most expensive wine, is vin jaune, a table. Among my hundreds of wine books, this jumped ahead of a dozen others in the to read soon pile by covering such fresh ground in such an engaging, entertaining, and informative way. The town is the capital of jura wines, with nearly 900 hectares of vineyards covering its hills close to half the area of the entire jura wine region. It was the first controlled appellation to be attributed in france, in 1936. Jura wine, food and travel wink lorch explores this bijou wine. An hours drive east of beaune lies the 1450hectare jura umbrella appellation, comprising the arbois, arboispapillon, cotes du jura. Arbois was the very first aoc attributed in france, in 1936. Louis pasteur was born and raised in the jura region and owned a vineyard near arbois that is still producing wine today under the management of juras largest wine firms. Vin jaune the regions barrelmatured, goldenhued wine. Celebrating the 3rd printing of the jura wine book.
Domaine rijckaert, chardonnay, arbois, jura green man wines. East of burgundy, west of switzerland, the jura vineyards are on the foothills of the jura mountains, running from just north of arbois to just south of lonslesaunier. Emilie and alexis porteret have been making wine from a small plot on the very edge of arbois, off the road to continue reading. Continuing the jura series, we visited domaine des bodines again in december, after a stimulating first visit in 2017 see here. The alluring wine town of arbois, jura, france our world. Yet its fresh agility combined with a savory, almost meaty quality made it. So wink, who is active on wine social media networks, used the crowdfunding website kickstarter to selfpublish it. Arbois makes a decent sparkling wine, labeled arbois mousseaux aoc, and a little bit of yellow wine and straw wine. In addition to 4 hectares in south burgundy, the domaine rijckaert cultivates 5,5 ha of vineyards in the jura, where jean fell in love with these outstanding terroirs. Wink lorch is raising funds for jura wine the book on kickstarter. From jura, geeky but versatile wines the new york times. The book will be in the same style as the jura wine book but delving, at last, into the wines of savoie and bugey, and covering a few smaller alpine areas further south.
Arbois is an appellation dorigine controlee for wines made in the jura wine region of france, around the town of arbois. They are aged from one to three years in oak barrels. The trousseau grape yields a pale, lightbodied wine that is a. Explore arbois holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. However, our favourite was the red from this region a trousseau, if you enjoy a red, hopefully you will like this. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. An astonishing number of the honeycoloured stone houses lining the banks of the cuisance river house restaurants and wineries. The harshness of arbois winters can be an impedimen. She was, inevitably, cohost of a recent tasting of wines from 16 jura visiting producers who made the trek to london, where their wines are also. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
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