Archive for mourvèdre
La Grange des Pères
Posted in Statistics with tags Aniane, Cabernet Sauvignon, Counoise, French wines, La Grange des Pères, Languedoc, Languedoc wines, mourvèdre, red wine, Syrah, Terrasses du Larzac on June 20, 2021 by xi'an
Les Creisses
Posted in pictures, Wines with tags Cabernet, carignan, cinsault, French wines, grenache, Languedoc wines, Les Creisses, mourvèdre, red wine, Syrah on November 20, 2020 by xi'an
Saint Félis [Terrasses du Larzac]
Posted in Statistics with tags AOC, French wines, grenache, Languedoc wines, Larzac, mourvèdre, red wine, Saint-Félix-de-Lodez, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Syrah, Terrasses du Larzac on May 20, 2019 by xi'an
Domaine de Mortiès [in the New York Times]
Posted in Mountains, Travel, Wines with tags carignan, Carnon, Domaine Mortiès, French wines, grenache, Languedoc wines, Méditerranée, Montpellier, mourvèdre, New York city, Pic Saint Loup, Syrah, The New York Times, vineyard on March 7, 2015 by xi'an
“I’m not sure how we found Domaine de Mortiès, an organic winery at the foothills of Pic St. Loup, but it was the kind of unplanned, delightful discovery our previous trips to Montpellier never allowed.”
Last year, I had the opportunity to visit and sample (!) from Domaine de Mortiès, an organic Pic Saint-Loup vineyard and winemaker. I have not yet opened the bottle of Jamais Content I bought then. Today I spotted in The New York Times a travel article on A visit to the in-laws in Montpellier that takes the author to Domaine de Mortiès, Pic Saint-Loup, Saint-Guilhem-du-Désert and other nice places, away from the overcrowded centre of town and the rather bland beach-town of Carnon, where she usually stays when visiting. And where we almost finished our Bayesian Essentials with R! To quote from the article, “Montpellier, France’s eighth-largest city, is blessed with a Mediterranean sun and a beautiful, walkable historic centre, a tourist destination in its own right, but because it is my husband’s home city, a trip there never felt like a vacation to me.” And when the author mentions the owner of Domaine de Mortiès, she states that “Mme. Moustiés looked about as enthused as a teenager working the checkout at Rite Aid”, which is not how I remember her from last year. Anyway, it is fun to see that visitors from New York City can unexpectedly come upon this excellent vineyard!
