Our new roadside sign celebrates the bio-diversity of the flora and fauna at Rives-Blanques, protected by Europe’s Natura 2000 programme. But, alas, Natura 2000 cannot protect us from Nature herself, as we have learned to our cost. A TRIO WITH BRIO! Hardly a month after winning Decanter’s gold medal and a hard-hitting 95 points for our Limoux chardonnay, our other two […]
RIVES-BLANQUES VINE LINES NOVEMBRE 2017 Alors, how was the harvest, then ? If you mean 2016, then it was great, thank you! Or at least, that’s according to the reviews of the past four weeks. Our 2016 entry-level chardonnay-chenin blanc, […]
RIVES-BLANQUES VINE LINES MAY 2017 Spring bounded in over the mountains, brimming with birdsong and seductive, treacherous beauty. It was only too easy to forget that April can be the cruellest month of all. But then the frost came as a short, sharp reminder. Two nights in a row. One night ‘black’ frost, one night ‘white’ frost. Some people were […]
RIVES-BLANQUES VINE LINES FEBRUARY 2017 And all eyes are on Vintage 2017! Like every other year before it, this one is already showing signs of an independent, free spirit: we ‘normally’ would have had about 400 mL of rain by now, a nice little reserve deep down to help the vines motor comfortably up to […]