Saturday 2 December ! No rain, no … but snow! Ahmed is pruning. He begins this gargantuan task only when the last leaves have fallen from the vines . “It’s good’” he says, “it’s so good for the soil when it snows. It’s like a fertiliser. I don’t know why, but it is.” And then […]
Wednesday November 1 Never judge a book by its cover, they say, but I don’t think they thought that when they put together Dutchwoman Janna Rijpma’s selection of her top 101 wines in her new guide written for women (only). Pretty spectacular, have to say. Contents are pretty good as well: truly wonderful bottle shots, […]
Monday October 2 Well, we have certainly struck gold. Our late harvest Chenin blanc, Lagremas d’Aur – which means tears of gold – has gone and won itself not one, not two, but three stars from the brand-new Guide Hachette 2018. It is the only wine labelled IGP Pays d’Oc that was so highly rated. It […]
Friday September 1, 2017 What a beautiful day! What a beautiful picking day! What beautiful vines to be picked! We’re all wearing sweaters, how is it possible? Just three days ago or so it was relentlessly, pitilessly, horribly hot. Now it is … beautiful. So the crew moves fast and purposefully through the chardonnay, which […]
Tuesday August 1 The weather has been blowing hot and cold. Right now it’s cold in the South of France. And it’s raining in the south of Ireland, where we are. It’s almost a comfort to know that in a world of changes, some things never change. Like Ireland’s weather: full of scattered spells and […]