Janna's Thoughts and Inspirations
This is the beautiful view on Vertus. We picked some grapes to measure their maturity with a refractometer.
“La cuverie” 2nd floor
Pinot Noir mixed with dry ice – seems like it is boiling, but it is actually cold!!
This boxed are omnipresent in the Champagne. Everyone just uses them for harvest! 6 Boxes full of grapes weight around 5-600
So, I am just finishing my third day in the Champagne.
But what exactly happened?
Well, let’s begin at the beginning: Two days ago I arrived at Avize, met all the people and sneaked around. This is such a beautiful landscape here!
Yesterday we already started to harvest Chardonnay! What? Chardonnay? – Don’t you say! This region (Côte des Blancs) literally floats in Chardonnay! There is no other variety growing here! That is the reason why the harvest just has a duration of 10-15 days.
Today I worked at the place where I will serve my internship the next four weeks: Champagne Vve Founy et Fils. 
They are all very nice and cool here!
Harvest 2016, here I come!
(happy me!)
Tomorrow, 4.30 am I’ll start my car.
Heading: West! My aim: The little village ‘Avize’, situated in the french region ‘Champagne’.
France, here I come!
Soon I will take my suitcase and head to Fraaance!
In 6 days I will head to France, the Champagne exactly!
I’m so excited! This is my first harvest! My start!
I will stay there for four weeks and make Champagne. The place where I stay is a school for winemakers and I’m very happy that I found that school because I don’t really have a clue about harvesting grapes and I am sure that they will show me the ropes!
I will report on my experiences when I have arrived!
Well, some people just drink tea when they caught a cold.
I drink tea because it is my passion!
Some days ago I’ve been to that street music festival with two friends of mine. We wandered through the streets, listened to the artists and nearly had passed a band, when an amazing voice started to sing.
I was so impressed that we had to go back and instantly buy a CD, whatever the price would be.
This was the sound of summer, the sound of the incoming autumn, a melancholic winter. I could even hear the flowers blossom in spring after their restful winter sleep.
No, just kidding. This man behind the microphone with his band behind his back simply impressed me with his music.
So I bought the CD while they were playing this old latin standard song called “Chan Chan” from Buena Vista Social Club.
The next day when I got home I listened to that CD nearly a 100 times. At first I just noticed the memorable lines with the perfectly fitting music. But the more I listened to that CD, the more I realized what he exactly was singing. His words emitted certain desire, but also a lot of experience. This album touches me deeply.
All in all this Album called “Chameleon” by Duncan Woods impressed me deeply and I would recommend it to everybody who likes good styles of music, mixed together and combined with some great lyrics!
Give it a listen!
http://duncanwoodsmusic.com/album/chameleon/