“
To do well, it is better not to do too much,”
recalls oenologist Xavier Charvin d'Andlau.
Thus, his pocket vine from the Bagatelle-Paris estate has only 470 vines, arranged in 27 rows.
They are planted a few meters from the family home of the Count and Countess of Andlau-Hombourg, a private mansion on the road to the Training Field, built in 1926 by the Maharaja of Kapurthala for his wife, an irresistible dancer. flamenco.
Here, we appreciate the fantasy.
The building is erected next to that which was inhabited by the Egyptian Al-Fayed.
Across the street is the Emir of Qatar.
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But let's come back to plants, to this urban vine bordered by English grass, a bamboo grove which protects it from the westerly winds and a few trees which give it a trendy “agroforestry” touch.
We are in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne.
“Growing vines on the edge of the forest is not the easiest.
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