Published in French on July 2nd in Flacons of Champagne magazine as supplement to the L’Equipe newspaper: The camera follows Hervé Dantan as he briskly walks between rows of vines at Clos Lanson, the ancient walled one-hectare vineyard in downtown Reims. The spring weather is both chilly and breezy and I notice that the camera …
Vineyards have had to give way to the expanding city of Reims. But two clos, walled vineyards, still exist within the city boundaries. Pommery’s vast, 25ha Les Clos Pompadour guards the Notre Dame cathedral from Butte Saint-Nicaise whereas the 1-hectare Clos Lanson sits on the hill of Courlancy next to the winery, viewing the cathedral …
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