The Origins of Sauvignon Blanc - Inside Sancerre Wine & the Loire Valley of France

[@greatprovider8198]

Best wine teacher on you tube. My knowledge has vastly improved because of Julien.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏😊👍 very grateful. Glad you found the video useful. I'm guessing you've come across my wine vids on that other channel as well: kzbin.info/door/cKEdHaIX31LrywZmGwRUnw ?

[@MM-nd1zz]

These are some of the best Wine videos I've seen on KZbin. Thank you so much Julien! Understandably, there is a lot of work behind them. It is so obvious that you are passionate about this - You can feel it by watching. Merci!

[@Cclo215]

This was terrific. I love your energy and enthusiasm. Thank you!🍷

[@YouTubeJulien]

Tx a million Colleen 🙏🙏🙏😊 look forward to seeing around. MERCI 🥂🥂

[@1notoriousnomad]

Amazing video!! Thank you so much for exposing me to these people and places. Love from Maine, USA

[@YouTubeJulien]

Wonderful Alexandra 🙏🙏 So glad to read your kind words, you've made my day 😊👍 If you enjoy learning about wine, I run another couple of channels with wine content, here kzbin.info/door/SHHB3SBhaygeRxzTBV5kMA and here kzbin.info/door/cKEdHaIX31LrywZmGwRUnw see you around KZbin, and tx again a million for the note 🥂🤗

[@gurgisjones1120]

Thanks for including us and bringing us along. Bless you and Merci!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Any time Gurgis! Glad you enjoyed :) tx for taking the time, your kind words, merci 🙏😊🥂

[@donstone7103]

A wonderful, concise journey about the Sancerre area, Julien! Thank you so very much!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Tx Don :) 🙏😊🥂

[@jhea55]

WOW! what a great trip you took us on.... thoroughly enjoyed and can't wait for next episode

[@YouTubeJulien]

Great! Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for letting me know. I'll do my best to get the next episode out very soon :-) Cheers

[@mististylist7148]

Love this. Thank you.

[@YouTubeJulien]

You are so welcome! thanks much for your kind words, hugely appreciated ❤🙏🥂 I make tons of wine videos of this type for that other channel, you might find some interesting vids there too if you want to check it out: kzbin.info/door/SHHB3SBhaygeRxzTBV5kMA Cheers ❤😊

[@PaddyPowerofficial]

amazing video especially the background music 👍

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much Jay :-) Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, I like music personally, was a bit of a musician, glad you enjoyed that too 🥂😃🙏👍 Santé

[@dustinplatt1481]

Merci Bien, m. Julien!!!! J'ai vu plus de video's, mais j'aime beaucoup ecouter les histoires en français!!!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Excellent, glad you enjoyed Dustin 😊🙏🙏🥂 Tx for taking the time to leave a kind note. This one is the next video about my Loire tour, with an interview in French towards the end as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iV66iomjqLWod5I Looking forward to seeing you around the channel. Santé from France 👍🍷

[@gordonwong9366]

Very informative indeed, merci Julien.

[@YouTubeJulien]

cheers Gordon 🙏😊🥂

[@raynelgomezpena2210]

Thank you so much Julien. Your videos are very didactic and illustrative. They are a great help for someone who is studying to be a sommelier.

[@PureRita]

Great video, Julien! I love your passionate way of talking about wine! 🍷😍💕

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much Rita. Glad you enjoyed, and I'm very grateful of you taking the time to let me know. Working on Episode 2 of this Loire travel series. Coming out soon. A bientot donc :-) see you around soon 🙏😊🥂

[@PureRita]

​@@KZbinJulien I'm looking forward to episode 2, Julien. I am also working on a follow-up to my Riesling video. With French subtitles as well now. Greetings and see you soon!🍷🌹

[@nicolasbruno4408]

Absolutely great video!

[@YouTubeJulien]

And that's an ever better comment about it😉🙏🙏🙏 Merci Nicolas 😃🥂

[@WhiskeyStraightAl]

Julien, this was a not only a great, but a fascinating watch! I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to more. I bet this took a while to edit!! Sláinte!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Cheers all. Thank you very much. Oh yeah, it was a big piece to edit! The interviews are originally much longer so I had to edit out to keep the best bits, yet making sure it'd still make sense, plus the contextualization speeches, etc. It makes it all worth it hearing your kind comment :-) I'll try to publish the full interviews soon when i get a chance to translate for the subtittles. Those take forever as well, transcribing, translating and then pasting them second by second onto the video. Anyhow. Glad you enjoy. See you around soon for more :-)

[@BjornEnglund123]

Fantastic video! Thank you so much. Super interesting.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you so much Bjorn for your kind words. It means a lot to me ♥️😊🥂

[@australiannature2705]

Spectacular view😍👍💖

[@roothestew2860]

Lose the distracting background music. You don’t need it because your video is fantastic on its own! As an American, I’m partial to new world Sauvignon blanc wines. However, every now and then, I buy a Sancerre or pule fume. Thank you for all of the effort you put into this production. Next time I’m in Paris, I may take that two hour drive

[@Mysasser1]

This is helpful. I'm American and just got a really hard wine list. It has a sb and pn from this valley. I never knew sancerre was the place.

[@WhaJMc]

Being a Kiwi I rarely drink anything other than New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. However the wines from the Sancerre region sound intriguing and I will have check them out. Great video, thank you.

[@YouTubeJulien]

I've been there 'bro'. I lived in NZ for 6 years. It was one of the greatest times ofm my life, including for wine, at least NZ wine (oh, and for rugby, back to back man 💪 even though the last one 😪) . But yes, even in New Zealand, many look at Sancerre as the purest and the reference style for Sauv Blanc. That's also why i enjoyed visiting here the birthplace of SB in France and sharing those stories even more. Glad you perceived it and enjoyed it ♥️🇳🇿🥂

[@greenpea9412]

Thank you for sharing the history with us. This was very fascinating to watch and listen too. Oddly enough, the first home I purchased years ago was on a road named Quincy but....that's in the states.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Ah ah, what a coincidence. Quite a few French place names in the US, especially around the center South, right, where the French were for a while. Isn't there a Paris in Texas? New Orleans, etc...

[@riceandfries19]

This pandemic makes me wanna travel more. Especially in Loire!

[@alexismarquez3674]

I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THIS WITH MY FRIENDS AND. CLASSMATES IN ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA UNIVERSITY :) I GOT INTO FURTHER STUDIES :)

[@gayanwijeweera6529]

Useful information thanks 🙏

[@YouTubeJulien]

So nice of you, ty 😊

[@richardpomerantz9096]

Recently found your site. Very well done and very interesting. Kudos!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much Richard :-) Very grateful. Welcome aboard. I'll be looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the videos as we share the journey of exploring the world of wine... Cheers 👍🥂😀

[@WineScribble]

Great insider knowledge! Thanks for the video Julien :)

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much :-) Glad you enjoyed. More coming soon. Santé Annabelle 🥂

[@jonathansandberg5983]

Très belle vidéo. J’adore Sancerre et j’attends avec hâte les jours quand je peux y retourner.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Super Jonathan! Merci. Content que cela vous ait fait voyager un peu :-) 🥂

[@YouTubeJulien]

PS: il faut aller a Sancerre, c genial!!!

[@jonathansandberg5983]

Je la connais bien. Je suis américain mais ma femme est sancerroise et 2020 est la première année depuis vingt ans que je n’ai pas y voyager. C’est pour ça que j’ai cherché des vidéos sur KZbin pour revoir un peu. Nous avons des grands amis qui sont vignerons là bas.

[@YouTubeJulien]

@@jonathansandberg5983 Excellent J. Moi aussi j'ai un grand ami vigneron la-bas, un des fils de Jean-Max Roger a Bué :) Santé. Au plaisir de nous croiser a Sancerre peut etre un jour 🥂😊

[@jonathansandberg5983]

@@KZbinJulien mes amis sont à Bué aussi. Si vous lisez le livre “Le Paris Des Huîtres” www.terroir-evasion.com/actualites-du-vin/livres-guides/paris-des-huitres/ vous verrez que le vin de mon ami, Daniel Crochet à Bué, est le meilleur vin du monde à déguster avec les bivalves.

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

I have small experimental vineyard in Poland testing at about 50 types of grapes .This year the most impressive for me was taste of Sauvignon Kretos and especially Sauvignon Nepis .I just wonder what do you think about modified genetically grapes?This looks nice to watch such video but reality is sad ,you have to spray a lot .

[@YouTubeJulien]

I tried a Sauv Kretos once in Italy. It was good. Sure, if the genetical mods are well done and safe, why not! TX for the kind words on the videos. looking forward to seeing you around the channel and exchanging. Cheers 🥂🙏😊

[@user-bm7bj6kq9e]

Well done again. :) I would enjoy watching more of these kinds of videos, where you visit different parts of France (maybe even Spain and Italy, if your time and money allows you to) to talk and lecture us about the different terroirs and grapes planted there - would be awesome!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Thank you very much Morten. I make those whenever I get a chance and can get the support from local wine bureaus to assist with travels and planning, and will continue to do so. Comments and support like yours will certainly help. As I said in this video, there'll be another two episodes coming up soon about this particular trip down the Loire. I'll be making other regions on occasions too. But these take an incredible amount of time to assemble, as I do absolutely everything on my own, so I unfortunately cannot pump out those very often. Takes time and budget to do, but I'll try my best for sure :-) tx again for the great feedback and encouragements. Cheers M.

[@user-bm7bj6kq9e]

The fact that you're doing it by yourself makes it even more awesome.

[@YouTubeJulien]

@@user-bm7bj6kq9e Thanks Morten. It's a lot of work, but enjoying it, and glad to hear you are too. Merci mate :-) 🥂

[@Kaw72774]

I stumbled across this and was excited to see it because my friends and I visited the Loire valley vineyards on my first trip to France two years ago and it was great to see some of the places we visited! I wish I had seen this before we went. Thank you.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Wonderful! Glad to hear, thanks much for your kind words. It's such a fantastic region, it was easy. Cheers, tx for stopping by 🙏😊🥂

[@relaxmeditatechill3323]

Love ❤️

[@YouTubeJulien]

♥️ merci 🙏

[@seleneemrys-jones489]

Really helpful and informative. I have just finished my WSET Level 2 and am starting level 3 next week and these videos have helped so much Julien really makes it come to life with his genuine love and passion for wine 🍷 ❤

[@YouTubeJulien]

Good to hear Selene :) Level 3's getting serious, congrats and all the best with the studies. I passed the Diploma a few years ago, was fun (I mean, not really, but interesting). I make quite a few videos on that other channel here mainly about wine regions you might want to check it out: kzbin.info Also making vids for that other channel here: kzbin.info/door/SHHB3SBhaygeRxzTBV5kMA on this one we keep most vids private for club members, but I think we'll start releasing older vids on it soon which could prove very interesting for you studies so stay tuned to that one too perhaps. Anyhow, all the best with your wine discoveries and adventures 🥂🥂😊

[@nejcpilih]

great video :) did you do this trip on your own (planning, wine tours etc.) or you hired somebody/bought a "package"? :) If one goes there, who does not speak really french, is it still possible to visit any of the wineries?

[@YouTubeJulien]

Hi Nejc, Thank you :-) I was hosted by the Loire wines bureau, the organisation for the promotion of the wines there. You know, when you make wine content like this, they help you get around. But wine tourism in Sancerre is extremely well organised. First you have the Maison des Sancerre, the musuem as shown in the video, and they can help you get around. There's lots of wine shops in town from varied wineries, some nice restaurants. People are friendly and speak English generally. Most winery's cellar doors are always open Most wineries have some accommodations as well that are available so they'll treat you well especially if you stay at their place. I mean loads of possibilities. the two producers feature in the video offer some visits too, see www.henribourgeois.com/en/nous-rendre-visite/ and www.josephmellot.com/en/ . So yes, it's not one of those French wine regions where you're excited to visit but when you get there everything's locked up and it's hard to get around. Here's it's really well set up and pleasing :-)

[@YouTubeJulien]

Check these top 10 activities by Trip Advisor for example. there's a lot more there, but that'll give you some ideas of what people are experiencing with the reviews there www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g580139-Activities-c36-t132-Sancerre_Cher_Berry_Centre_Val_de_Loire.html

[@nejcpilih]

@@KZbinJulien thank you for this detailed answer :) will check out these things for sure.

[@YouTubeJulien]

@@nejcpilih cool. Glad it's useful. Hope you make it to visit there someday. Cheers

[@summerhanson4548]

The Segway! Eyy 👏🏻😄

[@YouTubeJulien]

YAY! There'll be much more of the segway adventure in one of the upcoming episodes, further down the Loire Valley, in Episode/Chapter 3 of the series. It is a fun segment. It was actually pretty fun touring the vineyards on this little machine. Cheers :-)

[@alexismarquez3674]

SAUVIGNON BLANC IS A IMPORTANT WHITE GRAPE IN BORDEAUX AND THE LOIRE VALLEY THAT HAS NOW FOUND FAME AND SUCCESS IN NEW ZEALAND AND CHILE.

[@margaretjefferies6077]

Thanks Julien. Enjoy your videos immensely, packed with facts and delivered with real understanding and enthusiasm. Great to re-visit Sancerre with you, we did this trip in 2018, had two really good degustations with growers who as always willingly shared their knowledge. To make it even more worthwhile and retain the memories returned with some cases of sancerre and pouilly fume for the cellar!

[@joeschmoe6306]

Julien, la video est sympa, mais la musique est horrible...pourquoi ?

[@YouTubeJulien]

You're asking ME why YOU don't like some music!?!

[@DavesGuitarPlanet]

Terrible background non-music. Remember that there may be actual musicians who want to watch your video.

[@YouTubeJulien]

Wow Dave! I must say that this is a frighteningly condescending comment. As a musician, you should know that we all have different personal preferences when it comes to music, which is a normal and good thing.

[@marianachaves1513]

Muita enrolação , fala fala e n explica nada sobre o vinho sancerre mesmo!!!

[@YouTubeJulien]

Merci pour le feedback Mariana. Oui, il y a toujours quelque chose a trouver qui ne va pas, trop de ci, et pas assez de ca. I tried my best. Vraiment, j'apprecie le retour. Il y avait du coeur dans cette video. Désolé que tu ne l'ai pas vu 🥂😀🙏

[@YouTubeJulien]

Peut-être que tu n'as pas bien compris le sens profond de se qui se raconte dans la vidéo ? Je me pose la question 🤔 Je ne parle pas portuguais ou brésilien donc si tu dois t'adresser à moi avec des critiques que je comprends pas bien, je ne peux te repondre que dans des langues que je maîtrise, sinon impossible pour moi de debatre de facon positive. Je parle anglais, francais, espagnol ou italien, comme tu veux. Encore une fois, merci pour ton temps mais s'il n'y a rien a echanger ou comprendre de ce commentaire, je ne vois pas ce que je peux en faire!?

[@YouTubeJulien]

Good night Mariana. Happy to answer any criticism you may have, not in Portuguese though. I don't speak or write it so how does it make sense you speak to me in that language? Or maybe your not speaking to me?

[@YouTubeJulien]

I see... Just trolling! Hein? Well, have fun 😅👍🥂

[@marianachaves1513]

@@KZbinJulien Bonjour, desole pour mettre le commentaire en portugues, je voudrais juste exprimer mon avis a propos de votre video et allerter le bresillien, on a pas bcp des temps sur Utube donc c'est bien de savoir a quoi nous attendre. cest tout!