Jules Chauvet (1907–1989) was a wine ''

négociant A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...

''. He worked from La Chapelle-de-Guinchay in the

Beaujolais Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine in the Burgundy wine, Burgundy region. Beaujolais wines are generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in grape tannins, tannin, but like most ...

. Jules Chauvet was a

winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...

and a taster. He also possessed the skills of a

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

, which he obtained at the school of chemistry at Lyon, then with Otto Warburg, with whom he maintained a long correspondence. He worked particularly on

yeast Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom (biology), kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are est ...

malolactic fermentation Malolactic conversion (also known as malolactic fermentation or MLF) is a process in winemaking in which Tart (flavor), tart-tasting malic acid, naturally present in grape must, is converted to softer-tasting lactic acid. Malolactic fermentation ...

and

carbonic maceration Carbonic maceration is a winemaking technique, often associated with the French wine region of Beaujolais, in which whole grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment before crushing. Conventional alcoholic fermentation involves cru ...

. He also was a teacher in winemaking. As such he later inspired the movement of

natural wine Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the laws, elements and phenomena of the physical world, including life. Although humans are part ...

s. He leaves books of quality, including ''The aroma of fine wine'', the text of a lecture he delivered at the wine fair of

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ...

in 1950.

Own books

*''L'Esthétique du vin'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 104 p., *''Études scientifiques et autres communications (1949-1988)'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 193 p., *''L'Arôme des vins fins'', in ''Le Vin en question'', an interview with Hans Ulrich Kesselring,Originally published in the ''Chemische Rundschau Magazin'' n° 50, 9 December 1981 Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1998, 108 p., *''Vins à la carte'', tome 1, Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1998, *''La dégustation des vins, son mécanisme et ses lois'' in Évelyne Léard-Viboux & Lucien Chauvet, ''Jules Chauvet, naturellement...'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 2006, 113 p.,

Bibliography

Sébastien Lapaque Sébastien Lapaque (born 2 February 1971) is a French writer. Awards *2000 : Prix François Mauriac de l'Académie française *2002 : Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, ''Mythologie Française'' *2004 : Prix James-Hennessy Works Novels *''Les Barri ...

, ''Chez Marcel Lapierre'', Stock, collection Écrivins, Paris, 2004, *J.-Camille Goy, ''Jules Chauvet. L'homme du vin perdu'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, coll. « Magenta », Paris, 2002, 110 p., *Jacques Néauport, ''Jules Chauvet ou le talent du vin'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1997, 332 p.,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvet, Jules French winemakers 1907 births 1989 deaths

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