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Winery
Inside the Cazebonne cellar
Winemaking
- The Role of Sulphur
- Racking
- Orange wine or skin-contact wine
- Pumping over
- Alcoholic fermentation
- Malolactic Fermentation
- Drawing Off (Écoulage)
- Bâtonnage (Lees Stirring)
- Sweet white wines
- Red Winemaking
- White Winemaking
- Not Confusing Letting Go with Laissez-Faire
- Low-Intervention Winemaking: Respecting Grapes and Terroir
- Sulphur-free winemaking: a quest for purity
Vine
All about vines
The Rootstock
- BC 2 rootstock (Berlandieri - Colombard 2)
- 196-17 Cl Rootstock (196-17 Castel)
- The 216-3 Cl Rootstock (216-3 Castel)
- The 4010 Cl rootstock (4010 Castel)
- The 161-49 C Rootstock (161-49 Couderc)
- 1616 C Rootstock (1616 Couderc)
- 3309 C rootstock (3309 Couderc)
- The 34 EM rootstock (34 École de Montpellier)
- The 333 EM rootstock (333 École de Montpellier)
- The G 1 rootstock (Grézot 1)
- The Fercal rootstock
- The Gravesac rootstock
- The Vialla rootstock
- RSB 1 rootstock (Rességuier Sélection Birolleau 1)
- The 44-53 M rootstock (44-53 Malègue)
- Rupestris du Lot rootstock
- The 41 B MGt rootstock (41 B Millardet et de Grasset)
- The 101-14 MGt (Millardet et de Grasset) rootstock
- Rootstock 420 A MGt (420 A Millardet et de Grasset)
- The 99 R Rootstock (99 Richter)
- The 110 R rootstock (110 Richter)
- 140 Ru (140 Ruggeri) rootstock
- The 1103 P rootstock (1103 Paulsen)
- 1447 P rootstock (1447 Paulsen)
- SO 4 Rootstock (Sélection Oppenheim 4)
- 5 BB Rootstock (Kober 5 BB)
- 5 C rootstock (Teleki 5 C)
- The 8 B Rootstock (Teleki 8 B)
- 125 AA rootstock (Kober 125 AA)
- Riparia Gloire de Montpellier Rootstock
- Nemadex Alain Bouquet Rootstock
Other grape varieties
Discovering grape varieties from elsewhere
Resistant grape varieties in Bordeaux
- Bouquet varieties: 35 years of cross-breeding for disease-resistant vines
- Hybrid or Vinifera? What the Genome of Resistant Grape Varieties Truly Reveals
- Muscadinia rotundifolia: The American Vine at the Origin of Resistant Grape Varieties
- Grape varieties tolerant to downy and powdery mildew: what changes in the vineyard
- Resistant, Tolerant, Hybrid, PIWI: The Glossary of Tomorrow's Grape Varieties
- Oscar Oc: the trial network that validated the Bouquet varieties
- How Are Grape Varieties Named? The Role of the "Variety Namer"
- Temporary classification, definitive classification: a grape variety's journey through the catalogue
- Bouquet 3176-21-11 N (Grenache descendant)
- Bouquet 3179-90-7 N (Grenache descendant)
- Bouquet 3196-57 B, known as 'G9'
- Bouquet 3160-27-4 N (Fer Servadou progeny)
- Bouquet 3159-2-12 B (Chasan progeny)
The grape varieties of Bordeaux
Bordeaux Grape Varieties: A Diversity Shaped by History and Terroir
The red grape varieties of Bordeaux
- The Cabernet-Sauvignon grape variety
- The Carménère grape variety
- The Cabernet Franc grape variety
- The Malbec grape variety
- The Merlot Grape
- The Petit Verdot Grape Variety
- Red Grape Varieties in 1961
- In Praise of Cabernet-Sauvignon (1897)
- The reasons behind the simplification of grape varieties in the vineyard
The forgotten grape varieties of Bordeaux
Bordeaux's Forgotten Grape Varieties
The forgotten red grape varieties of Bordeaux
- The Béquignol Grape Variety
- The Bouchalès grape variety
- The Castets grape variety
- The Gros Verdot grape variety
- The Jurançon noir grape variety
- The Machouquet grape variety
- The Mancin (des Palus) grape variety
- The Mérille grape variety
- The Nanot grape variety
- The Pardotte grape variety
- The Penouille grape variety
- The Pignon grape variety
- The Prunelas grape variety
- The Saint-Macaire grape variety
- The Petit Péjac grape variety
- The Gros Cabernet grape variety
- The Fer Servadou grape variety
- The Cabernet-Malbec Grape Variety
- The Béquignol Gris grape variety
- The Cabernet Goudable grape variety
- The Chauché Gris grape variety
- The Chauché Noir grape variety
- The Faux Petit Verdot Grape Variety
- The Gascon Grape Variety
- The Syrah grape variety (in Bordeaux)
- The Txakoli Grape Variety
- The lost grape varieties of Bordeaux
- Bordeaux Ampelography
- Viala and Vermorel: The Monumental Ampelography
- Pierre Galet: The Father of Modern Ampelography
- Abouriou: A South-West Grape Variety on Bordeaux's Doorstep?
- Baco Noir (hybrid): François Baco’s creation
- Balzac (grape variety): an ampelographic enigma far from Bordeaux
- Camaraou: A Major Pyrenean Parent for Bordeaux
- Cinsaut: a Mediterranean grape variety passing through Bordeaux?
- Clinton (forbidden hybrid): testimony of a bygone era in Bordeaux
- Herbemont (forbidden hybrid): another relic of the post-phylloxera era
- Magdeleine Noire des Charentes: The Forgotten Mother of Merlot and Malbec
- Manseng Noir: A Pyrenean Grape Variety, Parent of Saint-Macaire
- Marselan: A Recently Authorised Grape Variety for Climate Change in Bordeaux
- Noah (forbidden hybrid): symbol of the 'foxy' character and a bygone viticulture
- Othello (Forbidden Hybrid): A Cross Banned from Bordeaux Appellations
- Sauvignon Rouge: A Rare Colour Mutation of Sauvignon Blanc
- Touriga Nacional: King of the Douro, a solution for the future of Bordeaux?
- Arinarnoa: a recent cross authorised for climate adaptation in Bordeaux
- Isabella (forbidden hybrid): an American variety banned from Bordeaux vineyards
- Jacquez (forbidden hybrid): a resilient American variety cast out of Bordeaux
- The Mauzac Rose grape variety
The forgotten white grape varieties of Bordeaux
- The Blanc Auba grape variety
- The Sauvignonasse grape
- The Prueras Grape Variety
- The Blanc Verdet grape variety
- The Baroque Grape Variety
- The Béquignol Blanc grape variety
- The Clairette Grape Variety
- The Colombard Grape Variety
- The Crouchen grape variety
- The Folle Blanche Grape Variety
- The Gouais grape variety
- The Jurançon Blanc grape variety
- The Len de l'El Grape Variety
- The Mauzac grape variety
- The Melon grape variety
- The Meslier Saint-François grape variety
- The Monbadon grape variety
- The Montils grape variety
- The Ondenc grape variety
- The Sauternes grape variety
- The Ugni Blanc grape variety
- Lauzet: a discreet Pyrenean grape variety, cousin to Bordeaux varieties
- Liliorila: A newcomer authorised for climate adaptation in Bordeaux
- Riesling (or Johannisberg): An Anecdotal and Fleeting Presence in Bordeaux
- Savagnin: The Influential Jura Ancestor Absent from Bordeaux
- Bouysselet: Freshness from the South-West, an Avenue for Bordeaux?
- The Merlot Blanc Grape Variety
- The Petit Manseng grape variety