Wooden Wine Cases

] On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:40:56 +0200, Emery Davis ] wrote: ] ] >On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:28:13 +0200, Ian Hoare said: ] >

] >[] ] >] the 2000 Bordeaux vintage. As you will remember, the cool early summer was ] >] followed by a long very hot spell, and by September, the grapes had enough ] >] sugar for the vintage to be authorised. I don't remember the exact date, but ] >] if I remember right, it was around the middle of September. However, despite ] >[] ] >

] >Hi Ian, ] >

] >This seems a little confusing. Do you mean "the vendange to be authorized?" ] >

] >I simply ask since -- as there is already plenty of confusion about Bordeaux ] >here -- some might think there was authorization needed for a vintage year. ] >Or have I missed something? ] ] You cannot harvest before the date of the "ban de vendange". ]

OK, thanks Mike. That's a new one on me, just goes to show that the rules are so complicated that even an old dog sometimes misses one... :)

Is this a sort of arret prefectural in Gironde, or something the INAO actually judges each year? For each appellation?

-E

judges each

I believe it is the prefecture that issues the "ban", after consulting with the "syndicat des producteurs" of each appellation. Whether they go through INAO, I am not sure.

Mike

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

Salut/Hi Emery Davis,

le/on Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:40:56 +0200, tu disais/you said:-

Yes, sorry. I was mentally trying to translate "le ban".