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Cool Videos from Wilson & Daniels

Found this surfing one day - thought it was kind of cool. Brought to you by Wilson & Daniels (US importer for the Domains). You might have to click the play/pause button a few times to get it going. Domaine Leflaive: A Path to Follow from Wilson Daniels on Vimeo . Domaine Pierre Morey: Generations in Harmony from Wilson Daniels on Vimeo . House of Champagne Salon: A Century of Singularity from Wilson Daniels on Vimeo .

Henri Jayer, Meo Camuzet & Emmanuel Rouget - what's the connection

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These 3 producers often seem intertwined together and spoken in the same breath. What is the relationship here? Well, another walk down history is in order. Henri Jayer was born in Vosne Romanee in 1922. In the late 1930's Henri helped his father Eugene tend the vineyards and in 1942 married Marcelle Rouget. Right at the end of WWII, Henri Jayer made a deal with the Camuzet family to tend their Premier Cru and Grand Cru parcels and produce wine for them. The catch was that Henri would keep 50%  under his own labels. Among these vineyards were Echezeaux, Richebourg and the famed Cros Parantoux 1er Cru.  Cros Parantoux was born in 1978 solely due to the efforts of Henri Jayer and alot of dynamite!! Location-wise it is sandwiched in between "Le Barreaux" on top, Richebourg below and "Le Petite Mons" to the left of it.  Stylistically it has more than a passing resemblance to Richebourg. Starting in the late '80s Jean-Nicolas Meo started working the Meo-Camuzet p