Slow Food in France

The Wine Producers of Languedoc-Rousillion offered the third edition of their Salon du Gout in Montpellier this weekend. The idea of "Slow Food" really is to emphasize the contrary of our fastfood society...to return to fresh wholesome foods and avoid highly processed and chemically treated foods.

While there I was able to participate in several wine workshops. The most compelling was that of the "Trio Infernal", more or less translated as the "Three Devils". Which is a colaboration of three French winemakers who are friends that decided to combine their knowledge of wine making to create a simply great wine.



What makes the story interesting is that their property is in Priorat, Spain, just 30km southwest of Tarragona. The property is comprised of 4.5 hectares of old Carignan 6.5 hectares of Grenache and 2.5 hectares of Syrah. On top of that they use a proportion of grapes used for making white wine to make red wine.

The result of their efforts allows us to taste powerful wine with a combination of spices and black cherry. The "Trio Infernal 2004" is still young but could be opened now. In a couple of years it should be spectacular.